MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% 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	115% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140731
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '20 at 13:19
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing as expected (48^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 84.2 1-Core 119 2-Core 213 79% 139 Pts	4-Core 481 8-Core 665 72% 573 Pts	64-Core 650 40% 650 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% AMD(1002 0B36) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.1.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 111 Parallax 221 107% 155 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 130 Splatting 151 109% 130 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 366GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 347 367 369 392 385 402 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 430 Write 435 Mixed 364 SusWrite 377 90% 402 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 53.2 190% 68.4 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 250 217% 321 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 126%
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 173GB free Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 282 266 277 299 283 324 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	40.6% Average	Read 243 Write 98.7 Mixed 83.2 SusWrite 289 40% 178 MB/s	4K Read 11.7 4K Write 19.1 4K Mixed 10.6 41% 13.8 MB/s	DQ Read 14.5 DQ Write 15.7 DQ Mixed 14.6 11% 14.9 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 102%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 639GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 131 129 130 130 131 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	70% Good	Read 115 Write 87 Mixed 71 SusWrite 129 74% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 114%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB 35,039 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 816GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 131 125 124 135 123 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	77% Very good	Read 141 Write 138 Mixed 80 SusWrite 127 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 109%
SanDisk Ultra Fit 123GB 2,761 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 41GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 35 36 36 38 35 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	21.1% Poor	Read 86 Write 31.3 Mixed 14.2 SusWrite 35.9 47% 41.8 MB/s	4K Read 3.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.2 20% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 21.1% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1333 C9 2x8GB 3,379 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	26.8% Poor	MC Read 8.9 MC Write 8.9 MC Mixed 7.2 24% 8.33 GB/s	SC Read 7.8 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 8.8 24% 8.3 GB/s	Latency 73.1 55% 73.1 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 26.8% Great: 55%

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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	3,384x
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