MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 79.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	101% 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.
Boot Drive	97.6% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	24.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	9 Days
Run Date	Jun 02 '19 at 21:39
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Memory 83.3 1-Core 118 2-Core 224 80% 142 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 604 63% 504 Pts	64-Core 592 37% 592 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% PNY(196E 119E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 411.63 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 141 Parallax 124 106% 131 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 129 Splatting 105 93% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 349GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 400 341 226 202 143 170 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Read 460 Write 440 Mixed 305 SusWrite 247 81% 363 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 94.9 4K Mixed 44.5 160% 58.1 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 206 187% 288 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 107%
Crucial MX200 500GB-$90 17,487 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 250GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 390 411 438 432 436 427 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Read 406 Write 431 Mixed 318 SusWrite 422 89% 394 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 93.2 4K Mixed 39 141% 53.2 MB/s	DQ Read 146 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 162 145% 214 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 105%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 122 124 123 123 123 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	71% Very good	Read 125 Write 116 Mixed 92.5 SusWrite 122 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 208% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY16GX3M2A1866C10 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1866C10 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1866C9 32GB 52 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 1400, 1400, 1400, 1400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.6% Average	MC Read 15.8 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 14.5 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 15.5 43% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 74.6 54% 74.6 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 71%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	3,419x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,683x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	464x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,263x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	561x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	408x

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	208x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $156	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $361	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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