MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	119% 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.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	22.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	10.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 01 '21 at 17:46
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 below expectations (28^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Memory 81.3 1-Core 116 2-Core 215 78% 137 Pts	4-Core 376 8-Core 547 58% 462 Pts	64-Core 670 41% 670 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3752) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	119% Outstanding	Lighting 162 Reflection 174 Parallax 167 132% 168 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 166 Splatting 115 108% 134 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB (2017)-$135 28,136 User benchmarks, average bench 121% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: B35500WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 521 Write 527 Mixed 303 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 76.9 4K Mixed 36.6 137% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 634 DQ Write 489 DQ Mixed 353 321% 492 MB/s
Poor: 86% Great: 144%
WDC WD5002AALX-00J37A0 240GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 75GB free Firmware: SAFC12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 423 151 152 154 153 154 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	66% Good	Read 456 Write 442 Mixed 304 SusWrite 198 78% 350 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 78.3 4K Mixed 22.2 104% 41.1 MB/s	DQ Read 141 DQ Write 58.5 DQ Mixed 86.8 68% 95.4 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 4x8GB 1,459 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	56.1% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 17.9 56% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 20.1 SC Mixed 15 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 78.2 51% 78.2 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 72%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) Builds (Compare 6,796 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	3,397x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,671x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	458x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,247x
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 $79Bench 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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Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16