MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	117% 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	108% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 24 '18 at 10:23
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 111 2-Core 226 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 587 64% 508 Pts	64-Core 585 36% 585 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2987 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.81 Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	117% Outstanding	Lighting 151 Reflection 194 Parallax 198 123% 181 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 184 Splatting 130 120% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra 3D 500GB-$61 13,482 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 192GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61110RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 430 359 407 410 413 411 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 412 Write 408 Mixed 290 SusWrite 405 85% 379 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 85.8 4K Mixed 50.5 164% 57.2 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 276 226% 323 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 119%
OCZ Vertex 3 240GB-$80 4,893 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 4GB free Firmware: 2.15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 220 196 207 222 217 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	56.4% Above average	Read 372 Write 258 Mixed 263 SusWrite 212 62% 276 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 59.4 4K Mixed 0 71% 28.5 MB/s	DQ Read 189 DQ Write 248 DQ Mixed 240 175% 226 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 91%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 196GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 119 119 118 119 119 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Read 192 Write 145 Mixed 86.8 SusWrite 118 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.6 169% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 109%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 925GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 103 102 104 104 102 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	60.4% Good	Read 107 Write 100 Mixed 78.3 SusWrite 103 72% 97 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-036.A00LF 2x8GB 1,048 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 16.9 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 20.6 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 58.5% 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	3,384x
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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Value: 60% - Above average

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