MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	119% 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	71.8% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). 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.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150811
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 21 '20 at 14:39
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 4.4 GHz, turbo 5.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 129 2-Core 258 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 490 65% 486 Pts	64-Core 476 30% 476 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Nvidia(10DE 13AA) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	119% Outstanding	Lighting 158 Reflection 148 Parallax 149 129% 151 fps	MRender 187 Gravity 133 Splatting 107 113% 143 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 89 89 79 78 71 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	71.8% Very good	Read 306 Write 192 Mixed 194 SusWrite 85 43% 194 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 90.9 4K Mixed 41.6 145% 53.7 MB/s	DQ Read 246 DQ Write 177 DQ Mixed 155 131% 193 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 73%
SHGS31-1000GS-2 1TB 11,576 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 698GB free Firmware: 90000Q00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 369 395 453 460 455 464 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 474 Mixed 428 SusWrite 433 103% 458 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 48.8 167% 61.6 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 357 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 115%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 83GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 125 123 124 124 130 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	75.4% Very good	Read 137 Write 132 Mixed 82 SusWrite 125 88% 119 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 240% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 43,127 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 31.3 MC Mixed 25.8 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 22.7 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 56.8 70% 56.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 63%

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

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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	3,378x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,662x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	457x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,240x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	558x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	404x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	414x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	305x
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	205x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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