MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	30.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 12 '19 at 06:57
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing below expectations (36^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 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Memory 84.6 1-Core 111 2-Core 221 78% 139 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 407 55% 411 Pts	64-Core 424 26% 424 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3201) 2GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	30.5% Below average	Lighting 44.8 Reflection 43.8 Parallax 38.8 36% 42.5 fps	MRender 39.5 Gravity 39.6 Splatting 0.13 19% 26.4 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 109GB free Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 313 416 332 328 328 325 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	139% Outstanding	Read 674 Write 548 Mixed 398 SusWrite 340 109% 490 MB/s	4K Read 41.8 4K Write 152 4K Mixed 42.8 199% 79 MB/s	DQ Read 774 DQ Write 641 DQ Mixed 636 496% 684 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 236%
WD WD1600JD-22HBB0 160GB 2,425 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: 08.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 14 12 21 31 29 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	9.78% Terrible	Read 11 Write 24.3 Mixed 12 SusWrite 22.6 13% 17.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 140% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 9.78% Great: 32%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 191GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 102 104 104 103 103 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	59% Above average	Read 104 Write 102 Mixed 65.3 SusWrite 101 69% 93.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 21,220 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.8% Poor	MC Read 9.2 MC Write 9.7 MC Mixed 8.2 26% 9.03 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 9.1 26% 8.93 GB/s	Latency 72.4 55% 72.4 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 28.8% Great: 62%

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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	3,379x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,662x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	457x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,240x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	559x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	404x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	414x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	305x
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	205x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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