MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	238% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 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	Sep 24 '20 at 09:55
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 117 2-Core 228 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 451 60% 452 Pts	64-Core 437 27% 437 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super)-$300 180,577 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3850) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 456.38 Performing below potential (78^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	60.3% Good	Lighting 78.9 Reflection 73.7 Parallax 78.4 64% 77 fps	MRender 68 Gravity 72.7 Splatting 55.2 52% 65.3 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDBRPG5000ANC-WRSN 500GB 18,375 User benchmarks, average bench 251% 318GB free (System drive) Firmware: 102000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 1092 679 691 678 668 671 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	238% Outstanding	Read 1,812 Write 1,696 Mixed 1,492 SusWrite 746 322% 1,437 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 65.4 221% 80.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,261 DQ Write 1038 DQ Mixed 1,152 862% 1,150 MB/s
Poor: 182% ↑ This bench: 238% Great: 296%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 10GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 418 Write 427 Mixed 350 89% 398 MB/s	4K Read 42 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 55.8 188% 66 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 352 268% 360 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 115%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 194 194 196 196 195 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 154 Mixed 72.6 SusWrite 193 109% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 161% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 105%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 128GB 2,131 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 67GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.9 7.5 8.1 6.3 8.1 7.9 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	7.16% Terrible	Read 7.5 Write 7 Mixed 0.2 SusWrite 7.6 7% 5.57 MB/s	4K Read 3.1 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 2.2 127% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.16% Great: 16%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 21,220 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	61.5% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 19.6 61% 21.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 19.6 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 62%

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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	3,380x
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	1,241x
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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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