MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.7% 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	81.4% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	27 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140408
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 11 '20 at 10:58
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	25%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Memory 90.3 1-Core 91.4 2-Core 218 76% 133 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 506 57% 449 Pts	64-Core 606 38% 606 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 113 Parallax 97 90% 107 fps	MRender 96.5 Gravity 100 Splatting 100 81% 98.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX900 128GB-$103 6,500 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.0.7a SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 153 158 159 148 156 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Read 343 Write 242 Mixed 270 SusWrite 154 56% 252 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 44.4 161% 63.1 MB/s	DQ Read 148 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 144 121% 173 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 82%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 218GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 308 520 591 595 585 582 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	177% Outstanding	Read 663 Write 532 Mixed 591 SusWrite 530 130% 579 MB/s	4K Read 63.6 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 83.9 275% 93.9 MB/s	DQ Read 781 DQ Write 682 DQ Mixed 1076 712% 846 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 177% Great: 340%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 206 219 219 217 218 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 148 Write 177 Mixed 80.8 SusWrite 208 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 2.3 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 118% 1 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 106%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 587GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 144 144 144 144 143 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Read 148 Write 135 Mixed 77.6 SusWrite 144 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1 200% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 605GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 125 124 124 125 131 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	Read 120 Write 100 Mixed 81.3 SusWrite 125 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 183% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/8GX 1302 1600 CL9 Series KHX1600C9D3/8GX 1302 1600 CL9 Series 32GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	57.9% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 17.7 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 16.6 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 57.9% 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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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