MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 59% Gunboat


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 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	74.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	277% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	25.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 30 '19 at 19:03
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	11%

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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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Memory 93.3 1-Core 128 2-Core 262 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 494 8-Core 667 74% 580 Pts	64-Core 639 40% 639 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2007 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.8 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.3% Very good	Lighting 93.5 Reflection 96.2 Parallax 93.7 76% 94.5 fps	MRender 91.8 Gravity 84.8 Splatting 83.6 71% 86.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 730GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 621 1198 1193 1186 1186 1176 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	277% Outstanding	Read 2,104 Write 1,792 Mixed 893 SusWrite 1,093 328% 1,471 MB/s	4K Read 58.4 4K Write 175 4K Mixed 70.7 272% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 1,108 DQ Write 823 DQ Mixed 884 683% 939 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 277% Great: 302%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 804GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 226 445 488 491 490 489 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 465 Mixed 418 SusWrite 438 103% 456 MB/s	4K Read 46 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 62.1 205% 70.9 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 363 273% 364 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%
WD WD4002FFWX-68TZ4N0 4TB 829 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 2TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 190 190 183 184 191 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Read 123 Write 128 Mixed 65.1 SusWrite 184 91% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 0.6 201% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600 C11 4x8GB 660 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	59.2% Above average	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 16.5 56% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 21 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 60%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	3,384x
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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Value: 60% - Above average

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