MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	99.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	107% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 21 '20 at 19:01
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing way above expectations (90^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 (99^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 97.2 1-Core 116 2-Core 236 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 442 58% 436 Pts	64-Core 456 28% 456 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$323 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% MSI(1462 3755) CLim: 2265 MHz, MLim: 4071 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 129 Parallax 118 102% 124 fps	MRender 158 Gravity 104 Splatting 92.1 94% 118 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SHGS31-1000GS-2 1TB 11,576 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 514GB free (System drive) Firmware: 90000Q00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 259 406 462 463 462 456 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 460 Mixed 426 SusWrite 418 102% 452 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 98.2 4K Mixed 41.3 147% 55.8 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 356 267% 356 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 115%
WDC WDS200T2B0A 2TB 2,924 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 1.5TB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 258 400 465 474 471 476 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 476 Mixed 403 SusWrite 424 101% 448 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 51.6 183% 67.3 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 274 223% 317 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 117%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 390GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 94 95 92 92 96 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	Read 103 Write 95.5 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 93.4 67% 90.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 5,533 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87% Excellent	MC Read 31.6 MC Write 33.9 MC Mixed 27.7 89% 31.1 GB/s	SC Read 21.2 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 25.8 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 49.5 81% 49.5 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 87%

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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	3,383x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,664x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	457x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,244x
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	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 $273	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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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