MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	12.8% 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	117% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 12 '19 at 10:38
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 96.8 1-Core 115 2-Core 227 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 599 62% 496 Pts	64-Core 601 37% 601 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GT 1030 185,384 User benchmarks, average bench 14% MSI(1462 8C98) 2GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 525 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	12.8% Very poor	Lighting 16.2 Reflection 14 Parallax 14.6 13% 14.9 fps	MRender 6.14 Gravity 17.2 Splatting 19 12% 14.1 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.8% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 500GB 35,237 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 361GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT22B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 440 446 442 450 353 298 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 466 Write 424 Mixed 423 SusWrite 405 97% 429 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 97.5 4K Mixed 55.7 183% 64.2 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 362 273% 365 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 126%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 112GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 338 156 156 155 155 155 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 458 Write 444 Mixed 395 SusWrite 186 83% 371 MB/s	4K Read 40.8 4K Write 99.2 4K Mixed 57.3 188% 65.8 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 353 267% 359 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 115%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 761GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 192 191 191 192 192 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 178 Mixed 34 SusWrite 190 104% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.5 122% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 6,144 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	MC Read 30.9 MC Write 31.9 MC Mixed 25.6 84% 29.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.6 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 26.3 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 51.2 78% 51.2 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 86%

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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	3,394x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,668x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	458x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,246x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	306x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	207x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	377x
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 $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16