MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	75.5% 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	112% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '21 at 23:35
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 117 2-Core 233 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 432 54% 411 Pts	64-Core 438 27% 438 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$240 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Nvidia(10DE 21C4) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2265 MHz, MLim: 3799 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Lighting 93.1 Reflection 134 Parallax 87.4 76% 105 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 83.3 Splatting 77.3 75% 93.7 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33 44,050 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: AAHA4102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 294 301 311 289 242 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 685 Write 333 Mixed 364 SusWrite 271 92% 413 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 45.5 163% 61.5 MB/s	DQ Read 440 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 293 244% 355 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 193%
Kingston SSDNow V300 480GB-$250 15,510 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 86GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 210 197 197 201 218 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	Read 406 Write 243 Mixed 288 SusWrite 198 63% 284 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 20.7 4K Mixed 23.7 79% 23.1 MB/s	DQ Read 136 DQ Write 83.5 DQ Mixed 96.8 76% 105 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
KB_8G_D3_1600_C9 2x8GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	60.2% Good	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 19.2 58% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 19 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 57.2 70% 57.2 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 60.2% 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	3,394x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,668x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	458x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,246x
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 $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	207x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	377x
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 $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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16