MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	87.1% 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	111% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150811
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 24 '18 at 00:51
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Memory 90.3 1-Core 106 2-Core 213 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 372 52% 384 Pts	64-Core 420 26% 420 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 122 Parallax 104 90% 112 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 100 Splatting 101 82% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 146GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 286 216 221 215 216 200 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 284 Mixed 362 SusWrite 226 76% 341 MB/s	4K Read 44.8 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 56.7 199% 70.8 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 226 204% 310 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 118%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 821GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 190 186 181 173 158 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Read 89 Write 130 Mixed 57.3 SusWrite 179 83% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 2.6 435% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 108%
USB DISK 3.0 64GB 223 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 3GB free, PID 5200 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 178 Write 54.2 Mixed 75 108% 102 MB/s	4K Read 5.4 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 1.3 92% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 8% Great: 44%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 32GB 34,316 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 30GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.7 8.3 8.4 8.9 8.4 8.3 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	6.91% Terrible	Read 21.3 Write 8.8 Mixed 11.8 SusWrite 8.1 15% 12.5 MB/s	4K Read 3.5 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0 27% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.91% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 43,127 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33.5% Below average	MC Read 10.9 MC Write 11.6 MC Mixed 9.8 31% 10.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.5 SC Write 10.7 SC Mixed 10 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 33.5% 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	3,383x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,664x
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	405x

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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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 $179	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