MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	89.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	115% 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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	14.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 11 '18 at 09:44
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing way above expectations (91^st 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 4.8 GHz, turbo 6.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Memory 98.2 1-Core 138 2-Core 282 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 547 8-Core 546 73% 547 Pts	64-Core 546 34% 546 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2169 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 411.70 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 124 Parallax 106 91% 114 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 107 Splatting 106 87% 106 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 247 118 114 123 119 117 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 463 Mixed 411 SusWrite 140 85% 381 MB/s	4K Read 49 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 67.6 233% 84.1 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 190 171% 263 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 134%
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 46GB free Firmware: 000F SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 179 188 199 199 199 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Read 484 Write 196 Mixed 230 SusWrite 190 61% 275 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 16.5 132% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 174 DQ Mixed 29 77% 167 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90% Excellent	MC Read 32.6 MC Write 34.2 MC Mixed 28.3 91% 31.7 GB/s	SC Read 22.4 SC Write 26 SC Mixed 26.7 72% 25 GB/s	Latency 45.2 88% 45.2 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 88%

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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	3,389x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,666x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	457x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,245x
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 $90Bench 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 $269	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