MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	89.2% 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	77.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	Цвета: 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140731
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 12 '18 at 01:17
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 93.5 1-Core 130 2-Core 249 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 481 8-Core 671 73% 576 Pts	64-Core 702 44% 702 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 411.63 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 117 Parallax 113 92% 114 fps	MRender 99.3 Gravity 103 Splatting 104 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 120GB-$79 15,015 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 106 122 127 126 126 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	77.9% Very good	Read 404 Write 141 Mixed 187 SusWrite 122 47% 213 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 90.9 4K Mixed 39.4 153% 55.5 MB/s	DQ Read 203 DQ Write 127 DQ Mixed 119 101% 150 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 79%
WD Blue 500GB-$94 19,345 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 307GB free Firmware: X41100WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 408 305 301 292 290 292 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 475 Mixed 355 SusWrite 315 92% 408 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 50.4 177% 63.6 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 251 210% 306 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 316GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 159 159 158 160 161 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 137 Mixed 84.4 SusWrite 159 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 178% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 112%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 341GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 130 129 130 131 132 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	79.3% Very good	Read 146 Write 144 Mixed 17.9 SusWrite 130 79% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 156% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5584-005.A00LF 99U5584-010.A00LF 99U5584-005.A00LF 99U5584-010.A00LF 16GB 43 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 16.6 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 21.3 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 61 66% 61 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 61%

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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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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