MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	113% 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	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.

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System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150811
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	Nov 03 '19 at 13:20
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	PAK-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 above expectations (62^nd percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Memory 89.4 1-Core 82.3 2-Core 224 74% 132 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 630 63% 512 Pts	64-Core 638 40% 638 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367A) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 436.15 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55.2% Above average	Lighting 70.6 Reflection 70 Parallax 62.1 58% 67.6 fps	MRender 71.8 Gravity 63.4 Splatting 54.6 51% 63.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$76 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 326GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 409 352 348 352 354 346 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 453 Write 445 Mixed 391 SusWrite 360 93% 412 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 55.5 184% 66.4 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 352 265% 355 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 129%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 961GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 129 128 126 126 127 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	70% Good	Read 116 Write 122 Mixed 76.7 SusWrite 127 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 101%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$50 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 224GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 79 77 76 78 77 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	48.1% Average	Read 89.8 Write 86.2 Mixed 70 SusWrite 77.5 60% 80.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 177GB free Firmware: CC35 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 82 81 81 82 82 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	44.1% Average	Read 72 Write 71.8 Mixed 48 SusWrite 81.5 50% 68.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1 168% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 70%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 328GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 66 66 65 67 66 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	36.8% Below average	Read 62.2 Write 56.2 Mixed 42.7 SusWrite 65.7 42% 56.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 111% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G KHX1866C10D3/4G 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 16GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 1333, 1333, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55.6% Above average	MC Read 20 MC Write 20.9 MC Mixed 16.6 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 17.5 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 64%

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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	3,408x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,676x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	461x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,251x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	561x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	407x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	414x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	306x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	209x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	379x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	248x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	207x

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Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16