MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 116% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	133% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	113% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). 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	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	Цвета: 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '19 at 16:36
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4980HQ 2,147 User benchmarks, average bench 69% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 97.8 1-Core 122 2-Core 227 86% 149 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 658 64% 526 Pts	64-Core 658 41% 658 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E2) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2850 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 189 Reflection 196 Parallax 195 154% 193 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 183 Splatting 127 117% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB 28,058 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 91GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 314 147 143 143 141 142 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 490 Mixed 399 SusWrite 172 88% 392 MB/s	4K Read 46.6 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 61.8 213% 75.9 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 352 DQ Mixed 359 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 122%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 289GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 335 394 448 452 454 455 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 458 Mixed 420 SusWrite 423 101% 450 MB/s	4K Read 46.5 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 63.9 216% 77 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 361 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%
Spcc Solid State Disk 120GB 22,489 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 83GB free Firmware: 581ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 135 134 131 130 133 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Read 408 Write 150 Mixed 206 SusWrite 133 50% 224 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 41.9 161% 59.9 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 146 DQ Mixed 160 121% 164 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 83%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 857GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 126 128 127 126 126 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Read 164 Write 122 Mixed 101 SusWrite 125 95% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 213% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 101%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 790GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 134 136 135 136 135 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Read 138 Write 136 Mixed 73.2 SusWrite 135 88% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1 212% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x4GB 5,522 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 46.9 MC Write 32.7 MC Mixed 36 110% 38.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 24.9 63% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 46.8 85% 46.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 91%

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

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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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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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 $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) $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