MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (16th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 84 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 69.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	113% 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.
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.

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System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	2.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	58.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 01 '20 at 18:14
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing way below expectations (16^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 (8^th percentile)	69.1% Good	Memory 77.3 1-Core 112 2-Core 201 74% 130 Pts	4-Core 328 8-Core 527 52% 428 Pts	64-Core 462 29% 462 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 2081) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	113% Outstanding	Lighting 149 Reflection 151 Parallax 162 121% 154 fps	MRender 164 Gravity 137 Splatting 104 107% 135 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ ARC 100 240GB-$120 11,799 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 201GB free Firmware: 1.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 344 362 354 371 361 390 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Read 354 Write 236 Mixed 291 SusWrite 364 70% 311 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 70.4 4K Mixed 30.7 108% 40.6 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 247 205% 295 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 101%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 238GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 346 364 388 373 397 393 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Read 433 Write 383 Mixed 328 SusWrite 377 86% 380 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 70.8 4K Mixed 35.9 122% 44 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 340 258% 346 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 124%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 109GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,914 Write 1,722 Mixed 1,290 365% 1,642 MB/s	4K Read 46.7 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 55.5 200% 71 MB/s	DQ Read 706 DQ Write 605 DQ Mixed 619 474% 643 MB/s
Poor: 214% Great: 372%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 699GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 108 Write 77.2 Mixed 65 62% 83.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 46% Great: 100%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 3.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.6 4.3 9.5 4.8 8.8 12 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	48.1% Average	Read 160 Write 6.2 Mixed 44.5 SusWrite 7.2 40% 54.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.7 160% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 100%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 449GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 128 127 126 128 127 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Read 113 Write 122 Mixed 69.5 SusWrite 127 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 0.9 201% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 937 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.6% Below average	MC Read 13.5 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 13.1 39% 13.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 12.6 SC Mixed 12 34% 11.8 GB/s	Latency 85.7 47% 85.7 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 87%

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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	3,384x
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	1,245x
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 $94Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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