MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 81.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	33.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	149% 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.

High background CPU (21%). 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	8.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 16 '18 at 04:27
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Memory 88.1 1-Core 114 2-Core 222 80% 142 Pts	4-Core 407 8-Core 635 64% 521 Pts	64-Core 641 40% 641 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 2968) 2GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	33.8% Below average	Lighting 44.2 Reflection 42.3 Parallax 37.4 36% 41.3 fps	MRender 35.2 Gravity 38.2 Splatting 34.9 30% 36.1 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 450 165 157 137 155 132 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	149% Outstanding	Read 690 Write 570 Mixed 595 SusWrite 199 115% 514 MB/s	4K Read 57.3 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 75.2 250% 86.5 MB/s	DQ Read 763 DQ Write 660 DQ Mixed 992 667% 805 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 149% Great: 280%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 59GB free Firmware: 608ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 153 169 170 147 144 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Read 341 Write 266 Mixed 263 SusWrite 162 58% 258 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 44.2 157% 60.5 MB/s	DQ Read 191 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 200 155% 211 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 85%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$39 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 580GB free Firmware: 16.01H16 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 113 115 116 115 117 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	62.2% Good	Read 102 Write 99.5 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 115 72% 97.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 74%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 16GB 1,276 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 12GB free, PID 005b Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.7 9 8.9 8.3 9 9 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	7.77% Terrible	Read 28.3 Write 0.5 Mixed 8.5 SusWrite 8.7 12% 11.5 MB/s	4K Read 7.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 28% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.77% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 1,380 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.7% Average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 15.1 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.3 SC Write 15.3 SC Mixed 13.3 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 80%

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Typical Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) Builds (Compare 6,770 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	3,383x
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	1,244x
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 $109Bench 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 $295	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 $40	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