MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 79.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is 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	99.7% 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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

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	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141106
Uptime	12 Days
Run Date	Aug 25 '20 at 18:38
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Memory 91.9 1-Core 115 2-Core 214 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 360 8-Core 534 56% 447 Pts	64-Core 524 32% 524 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Gigabyte(1458 37AD) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 123 Parallax 121 112% 127 fps	MRender 166 Gravity 126 Splatting 105 105% 132 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 387 129 129 121 117 121 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 457 Mixed 423 SusWrite 167 86% 383 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 94.8 4K Mixed 53 173% 61.4 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 352 265% 354 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 158 159 158 159 167 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	Read 88.2 Write 132 Mixed 66 SusWrite 159 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 63% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 44GB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 68 79 92 82 83 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	66.1% Good	Read 146 Write 120 Mixed 82.2 SusWrite 84.5 80% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 112%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 78GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 99 98 99 99 100 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	56.2% Above average	Read 97.3 Write 114 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 98.5 68% 92.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 69%
Samsung HD321KJ 320GB-$42 12,070 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 127GB free Firmware: CP100-10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 38 36 36 37 37 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	20.7% Poor	Read 35 Write 22.8 Mixed 17.7 SusWrite 36.9 21% 28.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.8 127% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 20.7% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	54.8% Above average	MC Read 18.6 MC Write 20.4 MC Mixed 17.8 54% 18.9 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 15.1 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 63%

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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	3,383x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,665x
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	406x

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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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 $178	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