MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.6% 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	89.7% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 12 '18 at 05:11
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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)	89.1% Excellent	Memory 96.5 1-Core 128 2-Core 255 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 695 70% 568 Pts	64-Core 694 43% 694 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36E6) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.22 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 112 Parallax 110 89% 110 fps	MRender 94.6 Gravity 97.8 Splatting 81.1 74% 91.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 87%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 7917) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.5058 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 32 32 37 36 39 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Read 454 Write 446 Mixed 317 SusWrite 58.8 71% 319 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 83.9 4K Mixed 49.2 166% 57.3 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 351 DQ Mixed 224 206% 316 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 34GB free Firmware: CC29 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 90 101 107 127 91 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	62% Good	Read 116 Write 84 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 100 68% 91.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 113%
ST2000DL 003-9VT166 2TB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 434GB free, PID b157 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 43 42 42 42 42 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	17.2% Very poor	Read 37 Write 39.2 Mixed 26.8 SusWrite 42.2 50% 36.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 50% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 17.2% Great: 18%
WD easystore 25FB 8TB 7,734 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 7TB free, PID 25fb Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 183 172 171 179 179 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Read 180 Write 190 Mixed 116 SusWrite 178 224% 166 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 1.2 217% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-1600C9-4GAO 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0420 F3-1600C9-4GAO 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	MC Read 28.7 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 21.6 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 26.7 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 52.3 76% 52.3 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 64%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) Builds (Compare 6,771 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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