MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 03 '19 at 19:22
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 97 1-Core 129 2-Core 251 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 655 66% 536 Pts	64-Core 659 41% 659 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% MSI(1462 3285) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2252 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Lighting 73.6 Reflection 72.2 Parallax 62.8 60% 69.5 fps	MRender 77.9 Gravity 70.8 Splatting 73.9 61% 74.2 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,984 Write 1,678 Mixed 640 316% 1434 MB/s	4K Read 42 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 58.3 222% 86.3 MB/s	DQ Read 973 DQ Write 776 DQ Mixed 749 594% 832 MB/s
Poor: 153% Great: 254%
ST3500418AS 120GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 11GB free Firmware: DC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 110 126 122 123 107 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 393 Write 130 Mixed 186 SusWrite 119 46% 207 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 98.9 4K Mixed 39.4 155% 57.6 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 136 DQ Mixed 116 101% 152 MB/s
Poor: 55% Great: 101%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 999GB 64,984 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 180GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 153 154 150 145 155 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	73.7% Very good	Read 105 Write 118 Mixed 84 SusWrite 152 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 155% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 5,448 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	76.5% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 24 76% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.5 SC Write 24.1 SC Mixed 25.1 65% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 50.1 80% 50.1 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 86%

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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	3,412x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,681x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	462x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,257x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	306x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	209x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	379x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	248x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	207x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16