MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 79.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	121% 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	95.1% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	18.8 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 13 '19 at 10:21
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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)	79.4% Very good	Memory 86.9 1-Core 122 2-Core 218 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 613 62% 500 Pts	64-Core 635 39% 635 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2730 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	121% Outstanding	Lighting 164 Reflection 184 Parallax 180 134% 176 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 167 Splatting 128 113% 139 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$100 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 53 47 45 42 43 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Read 471 Write 465 Mixed 368 SusWrite 72 77% 344 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 94.8 4K Mixed 51.2 182% 63.1 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 230 206% 311 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 118%
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 60GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 239 240 243 244 245 245 MB/s Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	78.6% Very good	Read 260 Write 151 Mixed 227 SusWrite 243 49% 220 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 80.7 4K Mixed 40.8 144% 51.3 MB/s	DQ Read 199 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 131 116% 174 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 110%
Corsair Force 3 90GB-$242 1,943 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 83GB free Firmware: 1.3.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 81 81 81 79 80 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	53.3% Above average	Read 169 Write 93.8 Mixed 118 SusWrite 78.5 26% 115 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 91.3 4K Mixed 27.8 120% 47.7 MB/s	DQ Read 147 DQ Write 94 DQ Mixed 110 85% 117 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 56%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 554GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 77 76 76 77 77 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	49.9% Average	Read 97.4 Write 94.9 Mixed 59.4 SusWrite 76.4 60% 82 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 165% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G 99U5471-020.A00LF 99U5471-020.A00LF 24GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1600, 1600, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	39.4% Below average	MC Read 13.7 MC Write 13.9 MC Mixed 12.2 38% 13.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 12.4 SC Mixed 10.7 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 70.6 57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 47%

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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	3,415x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,681x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	463x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,258x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	561x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	407x

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 $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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