MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	55% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	28.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '19 at 11:02
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	PER-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 114 2-Core 226 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 598 63% 505 Pts	64-Core 597 37% 597 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6274) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 112 Parallax 106 90% 109 fps	MRender 96.6 Gravity 97.9 Splatting 101 81% 98.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU630 240GB 60,212 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 223GB free Firmware: R1210A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 387 388 380 382 387 387 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	93% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 393 Mixed 340 SusWrite 385 91% 405 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 26.4 136% 55 MB/s	DQ Read 89.1 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 35.6 76% 148 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 101%
WDC WDS240G2G0B-00EPW0 240GB 85,321 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: UJ450000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 251 79 119 120 75 77 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	55% Above average	Read 452 Write 360 Mixed 310 SusWrite 120 69% 310 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 43.9 4K Mixed 19.7 84% 28.9 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 82 DQ Mixed 41 46% 79.5 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 55%
Seagate Momentus Thin 5400.9 2.5" 500GB-$30 168,449 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 53GB free Firmware: 1002YAM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 66 65 64 65 65 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	40.5% Average	Read 76 Write 68.2 Mixed 41.5 SusWrite 65.1 46% 62.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.5 88% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 90GB free Firmware: JC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 96 97 93 84 94 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	49.9% Average	Read 80.7 Write 80.8 Mixed 56.7 SusWrite 92.9 57% 77.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 172% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 70%
HP Portable HDD 1TB 256 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 269GB free, PID 1840 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 98 101 102 102 100 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	37.2% Below average	Read 99.2 Write 99.2 Mixed 24.7 SusWrite 100 106% 80.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.3 22% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1866C10D3/8G 32GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1333, 1600, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	60.2% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.2 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 20.4 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 62%

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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	3,378x
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	558x
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 $275	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