MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 93%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	62.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	163% 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	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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 30 '19 at 02:35
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.5 GHz, turbo 5.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 133 2-Core 262 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 514 8-Core 503 68% 509 Pts	64-Core 518 32% 518 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Lighting 79.3 Reflection 78.2 Parallax 68 65% 75.2 fps	MRender 72.6 Gravity 72.7 Splatting 71.2 59% 72.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$60 162,275 User benchmarks, average bench 156% 442GB free (System drive) Firmware: 001C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 572 619 637 642 639 632 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	163% Outstanding	Read 720 Write 648 Mixed 583 SusWrite 623 145% 644 MB/s	4K Read 56.5 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 71.7 251% 89 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 512 DQ Mixed 220 222% 351 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 163% Great: 209%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 3TB free Firmware: CC29 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 165 163 165 164 168 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 115 Mixed 73.1 SusWrite 165 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 113%
Cisco AM10 0GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 3% 0GB free, PID 1169 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 9.2 Write 3.7 Mixed 5.5 7% 6.13 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.2 13% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 16GB-$6 19,339 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 10GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.8 9.7 8.9 9.7 8.9 9.7 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	10.1% Very poor	Read 41.6 Write 24.7 Mixed 8.5 SusWrite 9.4 24% 21.1 MB/s	4K Read 7.2 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0 30% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 10.1% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 23.3 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 24.3 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 49 82% 49 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 85%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	3,383x
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	1,244x
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 $109Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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