MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	109% 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	132% 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.
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.

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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 14 '19 at 00:10
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 4.8 GHz, turbo 5.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 140 2-Core 287 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 647 66% 533 Pts	64-Core 742 46% 742 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 7917) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2503 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 155 Parallax 132 116% 143 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 141 Splatting 114 101% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 120GB-$69 11,475 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 625 589 177 221 169 502 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 609 Write 366 Mixed 548 SusWrite 380 107% 476 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 48.8 174% 63.9 MB/s	DQ Read 672 DQ Write 712 DQ Mixed 486 422% 623 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 185%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 8,981 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 792GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 217 210 219 224 223 220 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 228 Write 205 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 219 133% 182 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 1 212% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 184%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 13,609 User benchmarks, average bench 146% 239GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 125 126 126 125 126 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Read 157 Write 130 Mixed 60 SusWrite 126 86% 118 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 1.6 330% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 213%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 4x8GB 8,984 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	60.9% Good	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 18.7 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 17.8 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 56.7 70% 56.7 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 63%

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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