MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 92.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.4% 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	278% 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 (19%). 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	24.7 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 19:21
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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)	92.1% Outstanding	Memory 92.6 1-Core 114 2-Core 251 85% 153 Pts	4-Core 499 8-Core 680 74% 589 Pts	64-Core 639 40% 639 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.1% 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: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.8 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 118 Parallax 100 91% 110 fps	MRender 98.7 Gravity 103 Splatting 105 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.4% 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% 729GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1359 1186 1177 1186 1182 1145 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	278% Outstanding	Read 2,139 Write 1,767 Mixed 717 SusWrite 1,206 325% 1,457 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 176 4K Mixed 67.7 247% 96.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,093 DQ Write 828 DQ Mixed 919 699% 947 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 278% Great: 302%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 804GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 476 486 485 491 492 491 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 476 Mixed 419 SusWrite 487 106% 471 MB/s	4K Read 46.5 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 62.6 209% 72.9 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 364 273% 365 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%
WD WD4002FFWX-68TZ4N0 4TB 829 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 2TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 190 189 184 184 190 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	87% Excellent	Read 116 Write 134 Mixed 73.2 SusWrite 186 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 5.8 4K Mixed 0.7 223% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 87% 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)	58.8% Above average	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 16.5 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 19.9 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 60%

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Typical Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) Builds (Compare 6,769 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	1,664x
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	405x

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 $179	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