MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	59.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	148% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	17.4 Days
Run Date	Sep 11 '18 at 18:46
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 116 2-Core 228 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 444 61% 450 Pts	64-Core 456 28% 456 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 3684) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1605 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	Lighting 74.9 Reflection 75.2 Parallax 66.8 61% 72.3 fps	MRender 81.5 Gravity 68.6 Splatting 60.1 56% 70.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 487 254 248 288 226 180 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	148% Outstanding	Read 753 Write 630 Mixed 481 SusWrite 280 120% 536 MB/s	4K Read 56.6 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 54.7 231% 84.3 MB/s	DQ Read 778 DQ Write 639 DQ Mixed 745 548% 721 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 148% Great: 236%
Maxtor STM3250310AS 250GB 13,068 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 82GB free Firmware: 4.AAA SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 97 97 98 98 98 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	Read 92.3 Write 94.5 Mixed 50 SusWrite 97 61% 83.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 151% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 53%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 527GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 174 175 175 173 175 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 136 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 174 91% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2 368% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	63.7% Good	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 20.2 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 20.1 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 57.4 70% 57.4 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 63%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	3,383x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,665x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	457x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,244x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	559x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	406x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	414x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	306x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	207x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	376x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	248x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	206x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16