MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 90% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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	112% 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	66.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	3.6 Days
Run Date	Aug 24 '19 at 08:55
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 132 2-Core 260 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 505 8-Core 698 76% 602 Pts	64-Core 713 44% 713 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Nvidia(10DE 1F07) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.2 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 130 Parallax 133 117% 135 fps	MRender 179 Gravity 134 Splatting 105 110% 139 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR050 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 76 123 138 139 142 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	66.7% Good	Read 418 Write 159 Mixed 164 SusWrite 126 48% 217 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 23.8 120% 51.1 MB/s	DQ Read 141 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 96.6 86% 129 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 95%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 194GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 655 437 634 645 655 652 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	187% Outstanding	Read 752 Write 663 Mixed 669 SusWrite 613 152% 674 MB/s	4K Read 65.3 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 84.7 280% 95.6 MB/s	DQ Read 781 DQ Write 682 DQ Mixed 1,103 726% 856 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 187% Great: 340%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 449GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 127 127 128 126 125 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	Read 124 Write 120 Mixed 69.9 SusWrite 126 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 177% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 70%

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 1600 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	MC Read 28.9 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 22.2 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 26.7 65% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 53 75% 53 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 76%

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Typical Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) Builds (Compare 6,784 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	3,393x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,666x
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	407x

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	377x
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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $40	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