MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	110% 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	124% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	28.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150811
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '19 at 21:10
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 123 2-Core 220 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 659 65% 530 Pts	64-Core 646 40% 646 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.3% 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: 441.41 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 146 Reflection 149 Parallax 128 119% 141 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 140 Splatting 110 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 182GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 535 551 502 316 316 316 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 579 Write 502 Mixed 385 SusWrite 422 106% 472 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 35.7 145% 58.8 MB/s	DQ Read 765 DQ Write 626 DQ Mixed 642 495% 678 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 236%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 701GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 61 63 55 62 32 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	38% Below average	Read 71.5 Write 73.8 Mixed 52.5 SusWrite 60.2 48% 64.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 96%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 554GB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 167 171 171 169 170 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 162 Mixed 21.2 SusWrite 169 95% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 150% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 108%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 212GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 108 108 108 107 108 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	Read 100 Write 101 Mixed 72.8 SusWrite 108 70% 95.3 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 84%
Seagate IronWolf 6TB (2017)-$121 553 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 5.5TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 212 213 216 216 216 215 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 56% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 12,722 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	68.7% Good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 25 MC Mixed 20.9 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 23.2 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 58.5 68% 58.5 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 80%

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Typical Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) Builds (Compare 6,771 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	3,384x
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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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