MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is 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	161% 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.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 23 '20 at 01:29
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Memory 90.2 1-Core 118 2-Core 231 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 369 8-Core 598 59% 484 Pts	64-Core 594 37% 594 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3363) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 143 Parallax 122 114% 135 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 135 Splatting 107 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB 34,988 User benchmarks, average bench 239% 924GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5L2QEXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 304 401 499 484 487 500 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	161% Outstanding	Read 613 Write 487 Mixed 529 SusWrite 446 116% 519 MB/s	4K Read 56.2 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 77.8 248% 84.5 MB/s	DQ Read 776 DQ Write 623 DQ Mixed 902 620% 767 MB/s
Poor: 145% ↑ This bench: 161% Great: 329%
Micron 1100 SATA 512GB 5,508 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 433GB free Firmware: M0DL022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 221 266 300 304 303 305 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Read 405 Write 439 Mixed 361 SusWrite 283 84% 372 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 42.2 150% 60.9 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 324 246% 330 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 100%
Samsung Portable SSD T1 500GB 503 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 214GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 238 300 351 346 347 354 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	66% Good	Read 358 Write 330 Mixed 332 SusWrite 322 76% 336 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 38.6 4K Mixed 26.3 86% 28.7 MB/s	DQ Read 72.5 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 97.8 78% 106 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 77%
WD WD30EZRS-00J99B0 3TB 2,807 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 97 99 100 101 102 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	62% Good	Read 117 Write 117 Mixed 74 SusWrite 98.6 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 132% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 72%
WD My Passport Essential USB 3.0 750GB 611 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 28GB free, PID 0730 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 85.5 Write 84.5 Mixed 57.3 95% 75.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 70% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 11% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 8,026 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.2% Above average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 15.9 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 16.8 50% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 71%

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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	3,379x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,662x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	457x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,240x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	559x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	405x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	414x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	305x
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	205x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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