MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.6% 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	48.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	19.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 24 '19 at 22:05
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	PER-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing as expected (60^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 (99^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 114 2-Core 223 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 583 59% 477 Pts	64-Core 586 36% 586 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 81.4% 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: 436.2 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 110 Parallax 0.06 88% 72.8 fps	MRender 95.9 Gravity 98 Splatting 98.6 80% 97.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS240G2G0B-00EPW0 240GB 85,321 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: UJ450000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 5 58 128 83 112 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	48.4% Average	Read 431 Write 342 Mixed 266 SusWrite 96 63% 284 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 30 4K Mixed 17.8 70% 22.7 MB/s	DQ Read 112 DQ Write 71 DQ Mixed 28.6 38% 70.7 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 55%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 27GB free Firmware: JC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 87 96 97 96 87 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	58.4% Above average	Read 112 Write 110 Mixed 66.8 SusWrite 90.8 70% 94.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 70%
Seagate Momentus Thin 5400.9 2.5" 500GB-$21 168,449 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 77GB free Firmware: 1002YAM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 63 64 64 64 64 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	34% Below average	Read 55 Write 53.3 Mixed 34.5 SusWrite 63.4 38% 51.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.4 74% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 61%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 8GB 1,392 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 3GB free, PID a815 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.8 5.3 5.3 5.3 5.1 5.3 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	5.06% Terrible	Read 16.8 Write 3.7 Mixed 2.5 SusWrite 5.2 7% 7.05 MB/s	4K Read 6.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 23% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.06% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 3x8GB 1,140 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 3 of 4 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.9% Average	MC Read 14.3 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 12.3 39% 13.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 14.2 SC Mixed 13.7 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 59.7 67% 59.7 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 70%

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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	3,385x
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