MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	105% 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	98.8% 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.

Run History

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	13.9 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 25 '20 at 22:26
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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)	89.8% Excellent	Memory 90.8 1-Core 134 2-Core 263 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 510 8-Core 524 69% 517 Pts	64-Core 485 30% 485 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 148 Parallax 136 109% 139 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 138 Splatting 121 103% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 141 121 117 84 99 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	Read 435 Write 426 Mixed 324 SusWrite 127 73% 328 MB/s	4K Read 41 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 51.7 187% 67.8 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 177 182% 298 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 108%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$68 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 532GB free Firmware: M3CR032 SusWrite @10s intervals: 216 425 430 429 434 435 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 453 Write 430 Mixed 381 SusWrite 395 94% 415 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 57.2 186% 68.8 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 290 238% 339 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 125%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 917GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 207 206 209 209 211 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 145 Mixed 86.7 SusWrite 202 114% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 112% 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 2133 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	63% Good	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 23.7 MC Mixed 18.1 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 21.3 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 66.1 61% 66.1 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 79%

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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	3,400x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,672x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	459x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,248x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	561x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	407x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	414x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	306x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	209x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	379x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16