MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	20.8 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '20 at 18:19
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 92.4 1-Core 113 2-Core 228 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 433 8-Core 403 57% 418 Pts	64-Core 425 26% 425 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3283) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2007 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.9% Good	Lighting 79.6 Reflection 78 Parallax 67.9 65% 75.2 fps	MRender 68.8 Gravity 72.2 Splatting 74 59% 71.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Lexar SFF-SSD 512GB 158 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 268GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 106 107 107 56 124 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	47% Average	Read 396 Write 389 Mixed 308 SusWrite 98.8 67% 298 MB/s	4K Read 14.5 4K Write 35.5 4K Mixed 20.9 68% 23.6 MB/s	DQ Read 136 DQ Write 38.5 DQ Mixed 61.7 52% 78.7 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 74%
WD WD10EURX 1TB-$27 53,598 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 862GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 77 69 93 97 120 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	64.4% Good	Read 134 Write 117 Mixed 70.3 SusWrite 89.8 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 0215 CML8GX3M1A1600C10 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 24GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 18.6 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 20.1 SC Mixed 18.8 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 62%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	3,407x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,675x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	460x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,251x
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 $76Bench 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	207x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16