MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	83.1% 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	121% 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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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	26.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 22 '19 at 03:14
Run Duration	229 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing below expectations (35^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 below expectations (7^th percentile)	67.9% Good	Memory 74.3 1-Core 88.1 2-Core 194 67% 119 Pts	4-Core 332 8-Core 550 54% 441 Pts	64-Core 547 34% 547 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan X-$615 15,621 User benchmarks, average bench 75% EVGA(3842 2992) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 116 Parallax 103 86% 108 fps	MRender 91.6 Gravity 99.1 Splatting 90.7 77% 93.8 fps
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 512GB-$290 5,772 User benchmarks, average bench 185% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 396 371 360 346 354 350 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 714 Write 662 Mixed 549 SusWrite 363 128% 572 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 90.1 4K Mixed 48.6 168% 59 MB/s	DQ Read 489 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 484 340% 432 MB/s
Poor: 114% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 241%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 8GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 5092 Write 4,265 Mixed 4,465 1,026% 4,607 MB/s	4K Read 384 4K Write 215 4K Mixed 216 972% 272 MB/s	DQ Read 869 DQ Write 653 DQ Mixed 701 540% 741 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 133%
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2019)-$74 114,373 User benchmarks, average bench 277% 546GB free Firmware: 102000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1916 1506 1515 1526 1521 1517 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	267% Outstanding	Read 1,823 Write 2,060 Mixed 1,690 SusWrite 1,584 404% 1,789 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 64.6 221% 81.2 MB/s	DQ Read 781 DQ Write 526 DQ Mixed 707 513% 671 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 267% Great: 347%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$178 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 102GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 100 100 101 101 99 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	55.1% Above average	Read 92 Write 94.3 Mixed 69.3 SusWrite 99.7 66% 88.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 198% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 4x8GB 2,133 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1400 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	59% Above average	MC Read 22 MC Write 24.1 MC Mixed 19.5 62% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 13.7 39% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 91.8 44% 91.8 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 86%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $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 $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