MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% 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	91.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 04 '19 at 20:17
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 89.5 1-Core 121 2-Core 252 86% 154 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 586 66% 516 Pts	64-Core 568 35% 568 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 152 Parallax 139 113% 143 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 138 Splatting 112 100% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 480GB-$31 13,149 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 162GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 267 337 218 140 165 176 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Read 384 Write 241 Mixed 294 SusWrite 217 64% 284 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 97.9 4K Mixed 43.2 155% 57.5 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 201 189% 295 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 101%
Plextor PX-256M3P 256GB 128 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 168GB free Firmware: 1.04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 244 312 348 358 379 382 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Read 442 Write 363 Mixed 274 SusWrite 337 79% 354 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 76.4 4K Mixed 38.7 137% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 293 DQ Write 257 DQ Mixed 188 164% 246 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 101%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 534GB free Firmware: MN6OA800 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 138 138 137 139 141 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	67.2% Good	Read 96 Write 102 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 138 72% 98.3 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 181% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 85%
G-drive ev (Gen2) 1TB 109 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 713GB free Firmware: 000A SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 121 119 120 122 120 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	66.8% Good	Read 113 Write 95.2 Mixed 31 SusWrite 120 65% 89.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 124% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD3-1600 2x8GB 6,864 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	27% Poor	MC Read 8.6 MC Write 8.8 MC Mixed 7.7 24% 8.37 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 7.7 22% 7.87 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 27% Great: 60%

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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	3,379x
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	405x

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