MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	108% 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	66% 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.

Run History

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '20 at 16:41
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 138 2-Core 277 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 544 8-Core 724 81% 634 Pts	64-Core 729 45% 729 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% Sapphire(1DA2 E411) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.3.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 113 Parallax 226 109% 158 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 129 Splatting 156 111% 133 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 143 125 132 124 136 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	66% Good	Read 299 Write 205 Mixed 238 SusWrite 135 49% 219 MB/s	4K Read 13.7 4K Write 98.9 4K Mixed 37.1 121% 49.9 MB/s	DQ Read 155 DQ Write 198 DQ Mixed 157 124% 170 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 85%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 222GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 7,507 Write 6,815 Mixed 6858 1,576% 7,060 MB/s	4K Read 702 4K Write 276 4K Mixed 381 1,698% 453 MB/s	DQ Read 1,462 DQ Write 938 DQ Mixed 1,018 808% 1,139 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 358GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 116 115 118 119 119 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	68.7% Good	Read 122 Write 116 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 117 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 74GB free Firmware: JC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 97 99 99 99 99 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	62.9% Good	Read 121 Write 118 Mixed 66.8 SusWrite 98.2 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 178% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 70%
Seagate ST32000644NS 2TB 7,161 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 975GB free Firmware: SN12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 108 109 108 109 108 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	64% Good	Read 115 Write 106 Mixed 58 SusWrite 108 71% 96.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 182% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1800 MHz clocked @ 2600 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 24.2 76% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 24.2 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 49.1 81% 49.1 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 85%

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Typical Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) Builds (Compare 6,782 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	3,392x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,666x
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	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	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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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