MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	12.4% 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.
Boot Drive	170% 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.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 11 '19 at 21:26
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 93.9 1-Core 115 2-Core 236 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 608 63% 505 Pts	64-Core 625 39% 625 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GT 1030 185,384 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Nvidia(10DE 11E6) 2GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 525 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	12.4% Very poor	Lighting 15.7 Reflection 13.5 Parallax 14.2 13% 14.5 fps	MRender 6.05 Gravity 16.7 Splatting 18 12% 13.6 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.4% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 272GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 557 551 606 604 566 562 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	170% Outstanding	Read 693 Write 658 Mixed 655 SusWrite 574 145% 645 MB/s	4K Read 61.6 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 68.7 240% 80.2 MB/s	DQ Read 790 DQ Write 680 DQ Mixed 780 572% 750 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 170% Great: 340%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 273GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 252 246 273 273 275 276 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 491 Mixed 409 SusWrite 266 94% 418 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 60.4 202% 69.9 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 361 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 134%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 34GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,363 Write 2,240 Mixed 1,588 459% 2,064 MB/s	4K Read 55.9 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 76.4 261% 93.3 MB/s	DQ Read 964 DQ Write 603 DQ Mixed 822 602% 796 MB/s
Poor: 214% Great: 372%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 452GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 252 246 272 274 275 277 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 490 Mixed 387 SusWrite 266 92% 410 MB/s	4K Read 40.4 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 58 191% 67.6 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 359 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 716GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 155 163 162 161 158 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 159 Mixed 71.7 SusWrite 159 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 23,732 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 17.8 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 18.9 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 60.1 66% 60.1 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 61%

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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	3,379x
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	1,240x
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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Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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