MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	111% 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	264% 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.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Dec 06 '19 at 22:45
Run Duration	235 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 97.6 1-Core 126 2-Core 259 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 685 69% 561 Pts	64-Core 680 42% 680 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.15 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 147 Reflection 152 Parallax 130 120% 143 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 143 Splatting 114 102% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 493GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1356 1156 1139 1124 1123 1115 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	264% Outstanding	Read 1,934 Write 1,694 Mixed 676 SusWrite 1,169 305% 1,368 MB/s	4K Read 41 4K Write 153 4K Mixed 70.7 234% 88.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,075 DQ Write 850 DQ Mixed 922 701% 949 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 264% Great: 302%
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 215GB free Firmware: X2316RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 425 440 442 446 447 446 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 469 Write 436 Mixed 250 SusWrite 441 90% 399 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 91.5 4K Mixed 36.6 140% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 214 DQ Mixed 123 131% 220 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 99%
SanDisk X400 512GB-$99 7,913 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 385GB free Firmware: X4140000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 334 304 294 292 287 294 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Read 491 Write 376 Mixed 306 SusWrite 301 82% 368 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 61.2 4K Mixed 37 115% 40.5 MB/s	DQ Read 342 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 215 188% 280 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 104%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 511GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 153 154 154 154 155 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Read 140 Write 112 Mixed 75.3 SusWrite 152 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 114%
SanDisk Cruzer Edge 8GB 5,792 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 7GB free, PID 556b Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.2 3.4 3.6 4.4 4.2 4.2 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 36.5 Write 7.3 SusWrite 3.8 14% 15.9 MB/s	4K Read 4.2 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 2.2 138% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 7% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL11-12-12 D3-2400 4x4GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	MC Read 31 MC Write 32.1 MC Mixed 27.3 86% 30.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 23.9 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 47.8 84% 47.8 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 85%

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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	3,383x
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