MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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	92.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140408
Uptime	10.5 Days
Run Date	May 23 '20 at 12:42
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 130 2-Core 257 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 483 8-Core 601 70% 542 Pts	64-Core 622 38% 622 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 1B80) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 149 Parallax 128 116% 140 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 138 Splatting 110 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 237 39 33 31 29 28 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 485 Mixed 296 SusWrite 66.2 75% 337 MB/s	4K Read 44 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 53.3 194% 69.9 MB/s	DQ Read 44.7 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 53.7 83% 148 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 108%
Intel 330 Series 120GB-$188 11,188 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 63GB free Firmware: 300i SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 136 134 136 134 134 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Read 438 Write 142 Mixed 188 SusWrite 132 49% 225 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 40.6 167% 63.7 MB/s	DQ Read 121 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 108 88% 125 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 80%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 997GB 8,393 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 453GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 422 461 465 479 480 480 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 234 Mixed 424 SusWrite 464 92% 409 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 52.1 186% 69.9 MB/s	DQ Read 185 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 211 175% 246 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 275GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 145 146 146 147 146 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Read 138 Write 146 Mixed 79.5 SusWrite 145 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya M2X8G64CB8HD9N-DG 2x8GB 99 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	59.2% Above average	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 17.2 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 22.8 SC Mixed 20.2 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 63%

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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	3,402x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,673x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	459x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,249x
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 $51Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16