MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 92.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	90.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150811
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 09 '19 at 18:03
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (59^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, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 126 2-Core 251 90% 158 Pts	4-Core 506 8-Core 512 68% 509 Pts	64-Core 501 31% 501 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Zotac(19DA 2435) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.3% Outstanding	Lighting 89.1 Reflection 95.5 Parallax 76.5 73% 87 fps	MRender 179 Gravity 132 Splatting 149 125% 153 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 7,546 Write 6,927 Mixed 6,940 1,593% 7,138 MB/s	4K Read 647 4K Write 277 4K Mixed 374 1,606% 432 MB/s	DQ Read 2,109 DQ Write 1,746 DQ Mixed 1,941 1,450% 1,932 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 163,917 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 730GB free Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 674 674 674 673 549 19 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	174% Outstanding	Read 752 Write 679 Mixed 616 SusWrite 544 146% 648 MB/s	4K Read 59.3 4K Write 156 4K Mixed 79.7 275% 98.4 MB/s	DQ Read 628 DQ Write 524 DQ Mixed 272 287% 475 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 174% Great: 255%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 174GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 93 92 93 93 94 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	48.9% Average	Read 77.1 Write 81.4 Mixed 88.1 SusWrite 93.2 63% 84.9 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HX316C10F/8 4x8GB 224 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2200 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	85% Excellent	MC Read 31 MC Write 31.4 MC Mixed 27.3 85% 29.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.3 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 27.1 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 48.9 82% 48.9 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 87%

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Typical Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) Builds (Compare 6,763 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	405x

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