MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	109% 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	131% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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

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System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150811
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 19 '20 at 18:26
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$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 (84^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 94.1 1-Core 107 2-Core 208 79% 136 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 638 64% 518 Pts	64-Core 649 40% 649 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.59 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 147 Parallax 139 118% 143 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 139 Splatting 110 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 444 239 235 232 229 228 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 679 Write 582 Mixed 408 SusWrite 268 108% 484 MB/s	4K Read 45.6 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 49.5 188% 66.5 MB/s	DQ Read 756 DQ Write 614 DQ Mixed 702 521% 690 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 236%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 703GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 76 84 78 69 83 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	44.5% Average	Read 78.3 Write 53.5 Mixed 44.7 SusWrite 76.3 46% 63.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 165% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 96%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 449GB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 77 83 82 82 80 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	Read 109 Write 125 Mixed 22 SusWrite 80.7 61% 84.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 118% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 108%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 212GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 102 104 102 103 103 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Read 101 Write 95.2 Mixed 61.8 SusWrite 102 66% 90.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 188% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 84%
Seagate IronWolf 6TB (2017)-$121 553 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3.5TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 136 141 141 142 141 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Read 138 Write 132 Mixed 86.2 SusWrite 139 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 7.5 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 1.1 500% 4.03 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 12,722 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	67.6% Good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 24.9 MC Mixed 20.8 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 20.5 56% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 59.4 67% 59.4 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 80%

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Typical Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) Builds (Compare 6,792 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	3,394x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,670x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	458x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,246x
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 $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	207x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	377x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16