MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	36.7% 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	46.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

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	4.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	3.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 07 '19 at 15:44
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 97.5 1-Core 116 2-Core 234 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 456 62% 459 Pts	64-Core 430 27% 430 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 980 MHz, MLim: 1425 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.12.3 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	36.7% Below average	Lighting 46.3 Reflection 51.4 Parallax 55.7 38% 51.1 fps	MRender 51 Gravity 42.6 Splatting 36.7 35% 43.4 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SM2280S3 SATA M.2 120GB-$128 1,644 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: S8FM06.A SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 42 64 84 27 51 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	46.6% Average	Read 502 Write 320 Mixed 250 SusWrite 64.7 63% 284 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 12.2 4K Mixed 10.7 64% 17.3 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 13.4 DQ Mixed 19.5 32% 67 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 82%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 126GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 116 127 131 125 134 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Read 154 Write 147 Mixed 80.7 SusWrite 127 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 237% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 2x4GB 9,036 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	MC Read 30.7 MC Write 30.8 MC Mixed 25.3 83% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 25.2 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 48.2 83% 48.2 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 84%

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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 6,764 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	3,380x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,662x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	457x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,241x
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	305x
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	205x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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