MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 35% Jet ski


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 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	48.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

High background CPU (26%). 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

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 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '20 at 00:17
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

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 4 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 110 2-Core 217 82% 141 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 552 58% 465 Pts	64-Core 582 36% 582 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48.1% Average	Lighting 60.4 Reflection 61.7 Parallax 55.4 49% 59.2 fps	MRender 63.9 Gravity 57.6 Splatting 49.8 46% 57.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WD5000AAKS-00UU3A0 120GB 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: G201DL29 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 283 Write 127 Mixed 150 41% 187 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 85.2 4K Mixed 27.6 122% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 137 DQ Write 125 DQ Mixed 91.8 80% 118 MB/s

Seagate ST3200822AS 1TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 177GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 120 115 116 116 120 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 162 Write 156 Mixed 90.5 SusWrite 117 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.2 228% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 75% Great: 81%
Seagate ST380815AS 500GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 285GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 89 90 93 93 90 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 56.8 Write 49.4 Mixed 45.9 SusWrite 90.7 45% 60.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 120% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 44% Great: 73%
Seagate ST3200822AS 200GB-$33 4,227 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 59GB free Firmware: 3.01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 41 43 43 43 43 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	22.5% Poor	Read 36.1 Write 14.5 Mixed 26 SusWrite 42.2 22% 29.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 132% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 22.5% Great: 34%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 2GB 436 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 2GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6 6.3 6.3 6.2 6.3 6 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	6.07% Terrible	Read 20.5 Write 5.7 Mixed 4.5 SusWrite 6.2 10% 9.23 MB/s	4K Read 7.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 27% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.07% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 20,728 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	MC Read 29.8 MC Write 31.9 MC Mixed 26 84% 29.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 25.4 60% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 55.3 72% 55.3 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 62%

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Typical Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) Builds (Compare 6,801 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	3,400x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,672x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	459x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,248x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	306x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16