MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89.6% 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	198% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	0.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Jan 01 '19 at 09:41
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	20%

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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 i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 96.5 1-Core 126 2-Core 251 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 449 62% 458 Pts	64-Core 475 29% 475 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2229 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 116 Parallax 115 91% 114 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 104 Splatting 106 86% 106 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$60 1,772 User benchmarks, average bench 171% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 527 480 401 310 301 281 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	198% Outstanding	Read 1837 Write 650 Mixed 644 SusWrite 384 192% 879 MB/s	4K Read 51.2 4K Write 170 4K Mixed 55.6 239% 92.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1055 DQ Write 250 DQ Mixed 401 360% 569 MB/s
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 198% Great: 213%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 999GB 7,881 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 576GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 289 353 371 401 392 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Read 431 Write 240 Mixed 349 SusWrite 330 76% 338 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 65.2 4K Mixed 30 125% 43.2 MB/s	DQ Read 38.4 DQ Write 96.4 DQ Mixed 52.9 44% 62.6 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 127%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$25 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 532GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 151 161 165 177 176 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Read 137 Write 117 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 164 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.6 82% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 2000 C9 2x4GB 1,011 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2000 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	59.1% Above average	MC Read 22.7 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 17.7 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 2.7 35% 12.3 GB/s	Latency 52.2 77% 52.2 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 75%

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

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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	3,413x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,681x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	463x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,257x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	561x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	407x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	414x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $81Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	306x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	209x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	379x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	248x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	208x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $109	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16