MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


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 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 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.5% 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	79.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	May 29 '19 at 18:45
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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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 i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 114 2-Core 230 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 443 59% 441 Pts	64-Core 453 28% 453 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 3750) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 94.8 Parallax 94.3 85% 97.8 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 92.6 Splatting 79.5 75% 93.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 133 133 129 126 120 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Read 425 Write 147 Mixed 192 SusWrite 129 49% 223 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 95.8 4K Mixed 40.1 153% 56.5 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 112 99% 149 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 82%
OCZ Vector 150 120GB-$89 1,360 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 68GB free Firmware: 1.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 335 341 410 418 418 420 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 419 Mixed 342 SusWrite 390 92% 409 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 37.3 145% 57.7 MB/s	DQ Read 312 DQ Write 357 DQ Mixed 297 234% 322 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 100%
SanDisk Ultra 3D 500GB-$61 13,482 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 158GB free Firmware: X61170RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 341 395 405 404 408 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 436 Mixed 309 SusWrite 380 91% 405 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 58 4K Mixed 27.9 110% 38.2 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 204 194% 306 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 119%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 329GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 139 139 139 139 138 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	Read 107 Write 76.3 Mixed 56.3 SusWrite 139 69% 94.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 2.4 418% 2.93 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 112%
WD My Passport 0830 1TB 8,379 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 829GB free, PID 0830 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 109 109 108 108 108 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	46.3% Average	Read 108 Write 104 Mixed 60.3 SusWrite 109 128% 95.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 104% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 16,472 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	63.3% Good	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 19.7 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 19.9 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 56.8 70% 56.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 63%

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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	3,385x
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