MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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	26.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	Цвета: 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141223
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 03 '19 at 22:20
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 95.2 1-Core 110 2-Core 223 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 574 61% 485 Pts	64-Core 593 37% 593 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1080 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.5.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.7% Good	Lighting 76.1 Reflection 64.3 Parallax 84.5 62% 75 fps	MRender 64.9 Gravity 62.7 Splatting 81.2 58% 69.6 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 6,251 Write 4,473 Mixed 5,032 1,167% 5,252 MB/s	4K Read 442 4K Write 191 4K Mixed 247 1,087% 293 MB/s	DQ Read 1,002 DQ Write 527 DQ Mixed 662 520% 730 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$128 11,448 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 115GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 123 116 119 123 124 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	69.9% Good	Read 123 Write 88.7 Mixed 68 SusWrite 121 73% 100 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 202% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 74%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 85GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 103 105 105 105 102 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	68% Good	Read 132 Write 107 Mixed 82.5 SusWrite 104 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 229% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 108%
WD Purple Surveillance 4TB (2017)-$73 8,846 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 170 170 173 172 171 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 152 Mixed 81.2 SusWrite 171 104% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1 204% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 12,722 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	69% Good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 21.1 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 21.8 56% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 56.4 71% 56.4 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 80%

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Typical Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) Builds (Compare 6,770 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	3,383x
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	1,244x
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 $109Bench 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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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