MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 94.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	69.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 17 '19 at 23:16
Run Duration	210 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 132 2-Core 265 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 505 8-Core 702 76% 604 Pts	64-Core 699 43% 699 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3283) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2331 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Lighting 86.2 Reflection 86 Parallax 75.7 70% 82.6 fps	MRender 88.6 Gravity 78 Splatting 80.6 67% 82.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 256GB-$54 40,725 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 166GB free Firmware: R042 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 250 265 301 291 266 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 524 Write 480 Mixed 458 SusWrite 257 96% 430 MB/s	4K Read 43.2 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 66.7 231% 86.9 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 282 235% 338 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 118%
Adata Ultimate SU800 512GB-$82 31,280 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 194GB free Firmware: R091 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 253 266 298 294 265 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 525 Write 482 Mixed 428 SusWrite 258 95% 423 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 147 4K Mixed 66.9 231% 86 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 121 158% 285 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 127%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 115GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 145 152 132 167 157 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Read 137 Write 131 Mixed 88.5 SusWrite 146 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 212% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 330GB free Firmware: CC4H SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 145 145 148 148 149 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Read 150 Write 127 Mixed 88.3 SusWrite 143 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 112%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$67 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 65GB free Firmware: MS2O SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 172 163 93 84 148 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	76.3% Very good	Read 133 Write 120 Mixed 21.5 SusWrite 132 73% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 152% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 779GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 155 152 159 152 159 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 120 Mixed 36.8 SusWrite 149 86% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.4 85% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 114%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 1,450 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 41GB free, PID 231a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 103 102 103 103 102 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	42.4% Average	Read 60.3 Write 43.8 Mixed 47 SusWrite 103 88% 63.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 49%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 500GB 824 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 9GB free, PID a00e Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 38 38 38 38 38 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	19.3% Very poor	Read 39.1 Write 38.2 Mixed 23.3 SusWrite 37.8 46% 34.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 80% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 19.3% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 28,461 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	63.7% Good	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 19.3 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 21 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 53.3 75% 53.3 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 76%

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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	3,379x
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	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 $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