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Gaming
Gaming 79%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 96%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 67%
Battle cruiser
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PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith 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 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics88.4% 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 Drive278% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 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, 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, 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)
SystemMSI MS-7917
MotherboardMSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)  (all builds)
Memory24.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160216
Uptime0 Days
Run DateAug 19 '19 at 11:54
Run Duration141 Seconds
Run User FRA-User
Background CPU4%
Watch Gameplay: 1070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing way above expectations (85th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
87.4% Excellent
Memory 92.7
1-Core 131
2-Core 260
90% 161 Pts
4-Core 442
8-Core 688
70% 565 Pts
64-Core 643
40% 643 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑
This bench: 87.4%
 Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
Asus(1043 8599)
CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.60
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
88.4% Excellent
Lighting 111
Reflection 118
Parallax 100
90% 110 fps
MRender 101
Gravity 104
Splatting 104
84% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑
This bench: 88.4%
 Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150
783GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1368 1186 1186 1177 1177 1150 MB/s
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
278% Outstanding
Read 2,140
Write 1,767
Mixed 828
SusWrite 1,207
331% 1,486 MB/s
4K Read 51.5
4K Write 167
4K Mixed 68.5
254% 95.5 MB/s
DQ Read 1,052
DQ Write 800
DQ Mixed 858
660% 904 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑
This bench: 278%
 Great: 302%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130
804GB free
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 477 486 485 491 492 492 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
130% Outstanding
Read 502
Write 472
Mixed 423
SusWrite 487
106% 471 MB/s
4K Read 45.9
4K Write 106
4K Mixed 61.5
204% 71.2 MB/s
DQ Read 380
DQ Write 350
DQ Mixed 365
274% 365 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑
This bench: 130%
 Great: 133%
WD WD4002FFWX-68TZ4N0 4TB
2TB free
Firmware: 83.H0A83
SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 183 188 186 183 186 MB/s
Performing as expected (55th percentile)
98.3% Outstanding
Read 156
Write 154
Mixed 72.8
SusWrite 186
104% 142 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 6.1
4K Mixed 0.4
203% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑
This bench: 98.3%
 Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600 C11 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
58.9% Above average
MC Read 21.4
MC Write 21.1
MC Mixed 16.5
56% 19.7 GB/s
SC Read 16.7
SC Write 23.5
SC Mixed 21.2
58% 20.5 GB/s
Latency 62.8
64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 40% ↑
This bench: 58.9%
 Great: 60%
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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) Builds (Compare 6,763 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
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Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel  $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples3,379x
Core i5-4690KIntel  $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples1,662x
Core i7-4790Intel  $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples457x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples1,240x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples559x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples405x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples414x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples305x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples207x
RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples376x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples248x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples205x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $648
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Intel Core i5-12400F $134Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184Nvidia RTX 4070 $409Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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