MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	131% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '18 at 22:07
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 97.3 1-Core 127 2-Core 229 87% 151 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 606 64% 514 Pts	64-Core 637 39% 637 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 2183) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3700 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 181 Reflection 170 Parallax 183 147% 178 fps	MRender 196 Gravity 154 Splatting 115 122% 155 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,884 Write 1,380 Mixed 544 279% 1,269 MB/s	4K Read 41.3 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 46.8 198% 77 MB/s	DQ Read 954 DQ Write 694 DQ Mixed 581 500% 743 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 28GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 292 143 146 145 145 139 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 460 Mixed 373 SusWrite 168 83% 372 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 51.7 185% 65.6 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 351 DQ Mixed 178 185% 302 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 108%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 63GB free Firmware: M0CR060 SusWrite @10s intervals: 382 379 341 252 235 244 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Read 394 Write 454 Mixed 374 SusWrite 306 86% 382 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 39.3 145% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 339 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 319 243% 327 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 143GB free Firmware: HP51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 136 143 141 137 135 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Read 128 Write 101 Mixed 70 SusWrite 139 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 20,216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	80.4% Excellent	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 31 MC Mixed 25.6 81% 28.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 23.8 63% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 49.2 81% 49.2 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 86%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	3,379x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,662x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	457x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,240x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	559x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	404x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	414x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	305x
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	205x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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