MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 86.7%, 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	51.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 18 '16 at 06:27
Run Duration	121 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 96.5 1-Core 115 2-Core 220 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 599 64% 507 Pts	64-Core 598 37% 598 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 159 Parallax 134 118% 146 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 140 Splatting 114 101% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 320 Series 600GB-$472 694 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 141GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4PC10362 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 28037 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 202 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 73 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1862262 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 65535 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 92 92 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1862262 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3521739	51.8% Above average	Read 263 Write 209 Mixed 225 52% 232 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 40.7 4K Mixed 19.6 78% 27.1 MB/s	DQ Read 153 DQ Write 57.7 DQ Mixed 36.5 45% 82.4 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 55%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$119 20,782 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 115GB free Firmware: 100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	81.6% Excellent	Read 150 Write 163 Mixed 223 40% 179 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 97.7 4K Mixed 47.4 163% 59.4 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 174 175% 284 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 144%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 3,641 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	82.5% Excellent	MC Read 30.5 MC Write 32.2 MC Mixed 25.8 84% 29.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 24.4 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 52 77% 52 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 87%

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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	3,404x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,673x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	459x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,250x
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 $90Bench 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	206x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $239	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $139	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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