MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	68.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	61.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	15.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150811
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 02 '20 at 06:32
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (47^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	Memory 76.6 1-Core 99.1 2-Core 171 67% 116 Pts	4-Core 356 8-Core 475 53% 416 Pts	64-Core 519 32% 519 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	68.9% Good	Lighting 83 Reflection 92.1 Parallax 83.7 68% 86.2 fps	MRender 88.5 Gravity 84.8 Splatting 88.3 72% 87.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 197 170 187 187 187 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	61.3% Good	Read 439 Write 189 Mixed 168 SusWrite 186 54% 246 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 68.6 4K Mixed 12.8 84% 34 MB/s	DQ Read 165 DQ Write 199 DQ Mixed 74.5 86% 146 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 78%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 112 106 113 115 108 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	69.8% Good	Read 132 Write 134 Mixed 73.2 SusWrite 111 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 186% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 96%
Seagate ST750LM022 HN-M750MBB 750GB 31,958 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 697GB free Firmware: 2AR20002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 103 102 103 105 103 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	57.9% Above average	Read 99.7 Write 68.8 Mixed 54.7 SusWrite 102 60% 81.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 57%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 64GB 6,021 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 36GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 58 34 31 31 31 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	38.5% Below average	Read 144 Write 56.9 Mixed 66.5 SusWrite 40.4 90% 76.8 MB/s	4K Read 5.1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 2.7 196% 3.43 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 0420 F3-1600C11-8GNT 0118 24GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	28.9% Poor	MC Read 9.9 MC Write 10.1 MC Mixed 8.1 27% 9.37 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 9.7 SC Mixed 8.9 26% 9.17 GB/s	Latency 87.1 46% 87.1 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 28.9% Great: 54%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

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	3,379x
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	559x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	405x

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 $279	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