MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	110% 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.
Boot Drive	213% 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.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 10 '18 at 22:10
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	36%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 97.6 1-Core 131 2-Core 265 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 713 71% 578 Pts	64-Core 712 44% 712 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6181) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2602 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 146 Reflection 159 Parallax 135 119% 147 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 141 Splatting 115 101% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 640 321 330 330 319 265 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	213% Outstanding	Read 2,018 Write 1,498 Mixed 641 SusWrite 367 250% 1131 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 147 4K Mixed 61.2 223% 84 MB/s	DQ Read 1,054 DQ Write 821 DQ Mixed 692 585% 856 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 213% Great: 236%
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 25GB free Firmware: MU01.6 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 503 Write 455 Mixed 401 101% 453 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 48.3 167% 61.4 MB/s	DQ Read 286 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 234 197% 283 MB/s
Poor: 55% Great: 91%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 595GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 107 106 109 109 109 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	61.2% Good	Read 105 Write 107 Mixed 66.3 SusWrite 108 71% 96.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 62%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 931GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 107 107 108 108 106 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	63.1% Good	Read 112 Write 101 Mixed 69.8 SusWrite 107 72% 97.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 207% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 76%
Hitachi HUS724030ALE641 3TB 13,833 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 1.5TB free Firmware: MJ8OA5F0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 128 129 129 129 129 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	Read 126 Write 136 Mixed 73 SusWrite 129 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 154% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 89%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLE4G3D1608DE1TX0. 4x4GB 400 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	79% Very good	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 24.3 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 24.6 SC Mixed 25.8 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 48 83% 48 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 78%

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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	3,384x
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	1,245x
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 $94Bench 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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Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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