MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	55.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	37.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (66%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	2.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140731
Uptime	3.4 Days
Run Date	Jul 15 '19 at 01:10
Run Duration	248 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	66%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Memory 96.9 1-Core 106 2-Core 220 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 355 8-Core 367 48% 361 Pts	64-Core 427 26% 427 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367A) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55.8% Above average	Lighting 71.1 Reflection 70.8 Parallax 68.6 58% 70.2 fps	MRender 72 Gravity 64.8 Splatting 56.1 52% 64.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Sandisk PLUS 480GB 58,990 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 113GB free (System drive) Firmware: UG4500RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 224 0.9 63 7.1 58 33 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	37.3% Below average	Read 417 Write 356 Mixed 132 SusWrite 64.2 54% 242 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 15.5 54% 13.4 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 163GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 59 91 100 99 100 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	51.9% Above average	Read 90 Write 86.8 Mixed 52.2 SusWrite 91.1 59% 80 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.8 135% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 88%
Seagate Desktop 2TB 3,779 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 44GB free, PID 3300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 25 41 42 42 42 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	15.3% Very poor	Read 37.3 Write 40.8 Mixed 19.3 SusWrite 38.9 46% 34.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 30% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 15.3% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLE4G3D1869DE1TX0. 2x4GB 498 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38.6% Below average	MC Read 12.4 MC Write 12.7 MC Mixed 11.1 34% 12.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.9 SC Write 12.4 SC Mixed 11.5 33% 11.6 GB/s	Latency 50.9 79% 50.9 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 73%

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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	3,384x
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	1,245x
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 $94Bench 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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Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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