MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 81.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very 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	87.8% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	7.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141223
Uptime	4.6 Days
Run Date	Sep 07 '20 at 23:55
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Memory 87.3 1-Core 123 2-Core 231 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 656 66% 534 Pts	64-Core 642 40% 642 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% PowerColor(148C 2398) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.8.3 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 99.4 Parallax 201 109% 144 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 127 Splatting 160 112% 134 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 190GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 286 288 288 288 289 288 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Read 424 Write 318 Mixed 300 SusWrite 288 74% 332 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 99.3 4K Mixed 37.8 137% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 178 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 140 136% 210 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 97%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 630GB free Firmware: CC54 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 80 82 80 80 80 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	63% Good	Read 139 Write 101 Mixed 69.7 SusWrite 80.1 72% 97.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 96%
Seagate Expansion Desk 6TB 6,833 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 5TB free Firmware: 0915 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 158 162 162 182 185 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 154 Mixed 126 SusWrite 170 112% 152 MB/s	4K Read 3.3 4K Write 3.8 4K Mixed 0.7 286% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 89%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 463GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 136 136 136 135 135 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 158 Mixed 106 SusWrite 135 107% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 218% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 8,026 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	26.5% Poor	MC Read 8 MC Write 8.9 MC Mixed 7.5 23% 8.13 GB/s	SC Read 7.3 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 8.6 24% 8.23 GB/s	Latency 70.2 57% 70.2 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 26.5% Great: 71%

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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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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