MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	57% 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	164% 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.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 22 '18 at 21:21
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670S 1,661 User benchmarks, average bench 72% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 111 2-Core 212 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 394 53% 395 Pts	64-Core 399 25% 399 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.9.3 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	57% Above average	Lighting 70.5 Reflection 62.9 Parallax 92.3 58% 75.2 fps	MRender 62.8 Gravity 56.7 Splatting 80.8 56% 66.8 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$104 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 146GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 529 639 331 303 303 303 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	164% Outstanding	Read 740 Write 659 Mixed 659 SusWrite 401 138% 615 MB/s	4K Read 59.1 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 74.1 251% 86.2 MB/s	DQ Read 780 DQ Write 676 DQ Mixed 844 601% 766 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 164% Great: 280%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$113 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 184GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 6,205 Write 5,025 Mixed 5,296 1,226% 5,509 MB/s	4K Read 592 4K Write 266 4K Mixed 333 1,466% 397 MB/s	DQ Read 1,292 DQ Write 1,488 DQ Mixed 399 575% 1,059 MB/s
Poor: 71% Great: 124%
HGST Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 1TB 129,581 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 477GB free Firmware: JA0OA700 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 91 92 92 93 92 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	54.8% Above average	Read 99.4 Write 93.7 Mixed 37.7 SusWrite 91.5 59% 80.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 117% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 57%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 444GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 175 177 175 174 175 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 75 Mixed 77 SusWrite 175 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMV4GX3M1A1333C9 Kingston K531R8-HYA Kingston KHX1600C9D3/8GX 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1200, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	63.5% Good	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 24.3 MC Mixed 19.1 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 19.9 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 61.6 65% 61.6 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 63.5% 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	3,435x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,687x
Core i7-4790Intel $132Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	465x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,267x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	568x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	409x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	418x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	307x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	209x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	381x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	249x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	208x

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Total price: $648

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