MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


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 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	109% 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.
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

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System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 12 '19 at 22:36
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	5%

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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 i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.7 GHz, turbo 5.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Memory 97.3 1-Core 137 2-Core 224 89% 153 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 673 64% 531 Pts	64-Core 692 43% 692 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6181) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 156 Parallax 132 115% 143 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 142 Splatting 116 102% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 73GB free Firmware: MU01.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 264 56 56 56 55 55 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 454 Mixed 408 SusWrite 90.2 81% 364 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 51.3 183% 69.5 MB/s	DQ Read 289 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 235 198% 285 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 91%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,036 Write 1317 Mixed 739 300% 1,364 MB/s	4K Read 40.9 4K Write 172 4K Mixed 63.3 234% 91.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,161 DQ Write 916 DQ Mixed 639 587% 905 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 156GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 134 134 136 135 135 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	92% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 152 Mixed 87.5 SusWrite 135 103% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 112%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 603GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 98 99 99 99 98 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	58.6% Above average	Read 106 Write 94.3 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 98.1 69% 92.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 76%
Hitachi HUS724030ALE641 3TB 13,833 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 1TB free Firmware: MJ8OA5F0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 123 123 123 124 122 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	75.3% Very good	Read 139 Write 147 Mixed 65.7 SusWrite 123 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.7 156% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 89%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLE4G3D1608DE1TX0. 4x4GB 400 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2200 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	79% Very good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 29.5 MC Mixed 24.1 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 25.6 SC Mixed 25.7 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 49 82% 49 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 78%

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Typical Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) Builds (Compare 6,770 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	3,383x
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	1,244x
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 $109Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16