MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	9.08% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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

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System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	3.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '19 at 13:45
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 (93^rd percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 95.4 1-Core 123 2-Core 247 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 670 66% 542 Pts	64-Core 681 42% 681 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-$112 69,673 User benchmarks, average bench 8% MSI(1462 8A96) 1GB CLim: 1072 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	9.08% Terrible	Lighting 10.2 Reflection 9.58 Parallax 12 8% 10.6 fps	MRender 13.8 Gravity 12.2 Splatting 13 11% 13 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 9.08% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 240GB 38,401 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.2 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 503 Write 464 Mixed 357 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 84.1 4K Mixed 38.7 143% 51.6 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 180 178% 282 MB/s
Poor: 45% Great: 95%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 508GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 174 176 177 176 175 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 162 Mixed 86.2 SusWrite 172 110% 151 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 241% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 109%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 130 130 130 129 130 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	74.7% Very good	Read 132 Write 125 Mixed 118 SusWrite 128 93% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 188% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 85%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 655GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 106 107 107 107 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	55.8% Above average	Read 93.2 Write 97.8 Mixed 83.7 SusWrite 101 70% 93.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 537GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 197 197 197 197 196 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Read 128 Write 93.8 Mixed 75.7 SusWrite 193 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 117% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 112%
Freecom USB Memory 250GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 232GB free, PID fc9e Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 32 32 32 32 32 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	14.8% Very poor	Read 32 Write 30.2 Mixed 24.5 SusWrite 30.8 40% 29.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.4 52% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 14.8% Great: 15%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 78,181 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB 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	33.9% Below average	MC Read 11 MC Write 10.8 MC Mixed 9.2 30% 10.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 11.9 SC Mixed 10.8 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 55.8 72% 55.8 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 62%

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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%

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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