MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	102% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150811
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '19 at 23:01
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 4.5 GHz, turbo 5.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 96.3 1-Core 130 2-Core 240 89% 155 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 618 63% 510 Pts	64-Core 693 43% 693 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.7% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 113 Parallax 102 84% 106 fps	MRender 91.9 Gravity 97.3 Splatting 85.6 74% 91.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 435 174 128 129 118 98 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 439 Write 428 Mixed 339 SusWrite 180 78% 347 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 51.6 185% 68 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 360 271% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 134%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 58GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 108 110 110 110 110 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	67.9% Good	Read 128 Write 68.2 Mixed 70.5 SusWrite 109 69% 93.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 109%
Seagate Backup+ BK 1TB 947 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 24GB free, PID a003 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 16 16 18 16 16 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	12.9% Very poor	Read 40 Write 13 Mixed 28.7 SusWrite 16.3 30% 24.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 70% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.9% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 18,444 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1400 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	66.9% Good	MC Read 23.5 MC Write 24.9 MC Mixed 21.5 66% 23.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 17 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 53.1 75% 53.1 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 71%

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Gaming 42%

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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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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