MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	106% 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	102% 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.

Run History

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 11 '20 at 22:14
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing way above expectations (90^th 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 4.5 GHz, turbo 5.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 133 2-Core 265 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 510 8-Core 501 68% 505 Pts	64-Core 518 32% 518 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.79 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	106% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 148 Parallax 135 109% 139 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 136 Splatting 123 103% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 149 144 145 145 145 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 461 Write 431 Mixed 321 SusWrite 155 76% 342 MB/s	4K Read 40.4 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 51 187% 68.4 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 351 DQ Mixed 176 184% 301 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 108%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$86 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 532GB free Firmware: M3CR032 SusWrite @10s intervals: 236 430 440 441 441 441 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 471 Write 430 Mixed 384 SusWrite 405 95% 422 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 57.3 186% 68.8 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 290 238% 340 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 125%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 917GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 210 207 209 207 209 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 210 Write 151 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 204 118% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C11 4x4GB 4,968 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81% Excellent	MC Read 30.1 MC Write 30.8 MC Mixed 24 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 24.4 SC Mixed 27.3 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 53.2 75% 53.2 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 79%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	3,378x
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	1,240x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	558x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	404x

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 $275	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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