MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	178% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	26.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	May 14 '19 at 01:22
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^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 4.6 GHz, turbo 5.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 139 2-Core 275 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 724 71% 581 Pts	64-Core 720 45% 720 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3283) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2127 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.2% Good	Lighting 79.9 Reflection 79.5 Parallax 69.8 65% 76.4 fps	MRender 76.7 Gravity 74.7 Splatting 77 62% 76.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$73 171,271 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 572GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR010 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 645 651 656 660 662 662 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	178% Outstanding	Read 744 Write 659 Mixed 615 SusWrite 656 150% 668 MB/s	4K Read 58.3 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 76.8 261% 91.5 MB/s	DQ Read 681 DQ Write 519 DQ Mixed 272 293% 491 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 178% Great: 295%
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 222GB free Firmware: MU02.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 141 55 54 54 54 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 415 Mixed 398 SusWrite 82.7 78% 350 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 48.9 170% 63 MB/s	DQ Read 291 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 244 201% 286 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 91%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 180 180 180 180 180 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 212 Write 168 Mixed 111 SusWrite 180 123% 168 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 248% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 109%
Seagate Momentus Thin 5400.9 2.5" 500GB-$21 168,449 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 286GB free Firmware: 0001YAM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 86 87 87 87 87 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	50.5% Above average	Read 89.7 Write 88.5 Mixed 56.5 SusWrite 86.6 59% 80.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 102% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 12,722 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 21.3 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 25.2 SC Mixed 26.2 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 53.8 74% 53.8 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 80%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

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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Value: 60% - Above average

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