MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 82.9%, 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	65.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

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Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	8.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141223
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '20 at 20:41
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	SVK-User
Background CPU	28%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 above expectations (78^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 117 2-Core 212 82% 141 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 524 58% 458 Pts	64-Core 602 37% 602 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 150 Parallax 138 112% 142 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 137 Splatting 111 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX900 128GB-$103 6,500 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.0.7b SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 104 98 97 103 94 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	65.3% Good	Read 383 Write 124 Mixed 181 SusWrite 100 43% 197 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 83.5 4K Mixed 33.6 126% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 80.2 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 78.7 69% 101 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 82%
Vi550 S3 SSD 512GB 1,278 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 181GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 255 330 180 95 97 96 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	Read 444 Write 393 Mixed 349 SusWrite 176 76% 340 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 75.5 4K Mixed 32.8 127% 46.1 MB/s	DQ Read 123 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 75.6 100% 174 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 115%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 965GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 165 162 163 166 164 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Read 147 Write 151 Mixed 95.2 SusWrite 163 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.1 215% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 101%
WD Green 5TB (2014)-$170 1,889 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 198GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 121 121 124 123 120 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	65.4% Good	Read 108 Write 114 Mixed 82.5 SusWrite 120 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 181% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 97%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 481GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 114 114 114 114 114 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Read 102 Write 88.8 Mixed 66.5 SusWrite 114 68% 92.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 163% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 67%
Kindle Internal Storage 1GB 304 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 1GB free, PID 0004 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.3 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	1.56% Terrible	Read 7.5 Write 0.2 Mixed 0.2 SusWrite 0.2 2% 2.02 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.3 17% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.56% Great: 8%
WD Elements 25A2 2TB 18,040 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 135GB free, PID 25a2 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 95 94 96 94 94 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	46.2% Average	Read 124 Write 94.8 Mixed 66 SusWrite 92.7 122% 94.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.5 106% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 11,630 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	69.8% Good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 21.6 71% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 19 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 58.5 68% 58.5 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 79%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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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	1,664x
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	405x

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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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 $179	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