MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 91.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	104% 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	63.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150811
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 24 '19 at 02:08
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Memory 92.4 1-Core 142 2-Core 285 95% 173 Pts	4-Core 487 8-Core 723 75% 605 Pts	64-Core 738 46% 738 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Asus(1043 861D) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2152 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 148 Parallax 139 109% 140 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 134 Splatting 116 97% 119 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 240GB-$199 10,165 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 106 93 116 76 86 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Read 135 Write 186 Mixed 164 SusWrite 100 33% 146 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 36.4 143% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 179 DQ Write 177 DQ Mixed 79.7 87% 145 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 66%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 149GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 252 375 357 251 199 157 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 478 Mixed 402 SusWrite 265 92% 410 MB/s	4K Read 44.6 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 59.9 201% 70.3 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 219 204% 315 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 126%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 136GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 81 81 81 79 79 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	46% Average	Read 80 Write 83.2 Mixed 78.2 SusWrite 79.8 60% 80.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 174% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 76%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 190GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 170 170 169 169 171 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	Read 86.3 Write 142 Mixed 26.2 SusWrite 170 76% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.9 353% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 110%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 115GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 146 146 146 146 146 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Read 147 Write 120 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 146 86% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 2.6 446% 3.07 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 112%
USB Mass Storage Device 32GB 297 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 30GB free, PID 121c Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 14 14 14 14 14 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	15.2% Very poor	Read 18.3 Write 14 Mixed 15.3 SusWrite 14.3 20% 15.5 MB/s	4K Read 6 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 3.5 230% 4.03 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 15.2% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 11,630 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.1% Above average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 15.7 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 16.3 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 79%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	3,376x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,661x
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	557x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	403x

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	375x
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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Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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