MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	76.6% 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	109% 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

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	12.8 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 23:41
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 102 2-Core 209 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 409 56% 413 Pts	64-Core 412 26% 412 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Nvidia(10DE 21C4) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2265 MHz, MLim: 3801 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Lighting 95.4 Reflection 134 Parallax 88.3 78% 106 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 83.8 Splatting 76.4 74% 93.6 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 76.6% 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: 246 294 297 327 275 216 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 674 Write 408 Mixed 392 SusWrite 276 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 99.9 4K Mixed 44.1 157% 58.4 MB/s	DQ Read 432 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 286 240% 349 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 193%
Kingston SSDNow V300 480GB-$250 15,510 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 86GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 210 192 208 208 207 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	Read 338 Write 245 Mixed 300 SusWrite 201 61% 271 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 20.2 4K Mixed 23.4 82% 23.6 MB/s	DQ Read 213 DQ Write 83.4 DQ Mixed 105 89% 134 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 57.7% 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 (100^th percentile)	62.7% Good	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 20.1 63% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 18.9 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 57.4 70% 57.4 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 62%

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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 6,764 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	3,380x
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	1,241x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	559x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	405x

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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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