MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	73.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	92% 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	18GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 18GB 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 18 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150811
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Jan 30 '21 at 02:04
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Memory 79.9 1-Core 106 2-Core 188 72% 125 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 420 56% 419 Pts	64-Core 419 26% 419 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$239 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% MSI(1462 C75A) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	Lighting 92.8 Reflection 90.4 Parallax 93.5 76% 92.2 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 80.4 Splatting 72.5 70% 88.4 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 1TB-$88 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 817GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR033 SusWrite @10s intervals: 376 413 413 435 357 357 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Read 451 Write 403 Mixed 336 SusWrite 392 89% 395 MB/s	4K Read 17.4 4K Write 79.5 4K Mixed 35.1 113% 44 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 282 224% 311 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 125%
MDT MD5000AAJS-00TKA0 500GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 289GB free Firmware: 12.01C01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 71 73 73 74 73 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	44.5% Average	Read 82 Write 69.9 Mixed 56.4 SusWrite 72.6 52% 70.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 46%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 428GB free Firmware: CR100-12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 74 74 74 75 73 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	42.3% Average	Read 73.3 Write 79.8 Mixed 43.9 SusWrite 73.9 50% 67.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 44%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$50 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 114 115 114 115 115 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	68.6% Good	Read 125 Write 119 Mixed 85.1 SusWrite 114 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 187% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CML8GX3M1A1600C10 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 0420 F3-10666CL7-2GBXH 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 18GB 1600, 1600, 1333, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	36.1% Below average	MC Read 11.9 MC Write 13.2 MC Mixed 11 34% 12 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 11.8 SC Mixed 10.6 32% 11 GB/s	Latency 80.7 50% 80.7 ns

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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	3,410x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,676x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	462x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,251x
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 $90Bench 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	207x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16