MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
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	118% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

3 months ago, 1 month ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 27 '21 at 20:00
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^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-$175 193,045 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 128 2-Core 248 91% 157 Pts	4-Core 508 8-Core 504 69% 506 Pts	64-Core 510 34% 510 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$359 261,020 User benchmarks, average bench 97% Zotac(19DA 2445) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2197 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 219 Parallax 133 106% 161 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 134 Splatting 121 105% 121 fps
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 107%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$164 114,212 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 135GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 424 456 463 462 463 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 469 Mixed 360 SusWrite 409 98% 438 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 50.4 183% 68.1 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 350 267% 360 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 123%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$100 185,495 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 118GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 277 259 253 253 261 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 364 Mixed 419 SusWrite 250 86% 384 MB/s	4K Read 46.6 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 58.8 207% 73.7 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 236 212% 320 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 118%
Seagate ST500LM021-1KJ152 500GB 31,289 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 211GB free Firmware: 0003LIM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 114 114 115 115 114 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	65.2% Good	Read 116 Write 106 Mixed 62.8 SusWrite 112 73% 99 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 124% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 20,142 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	MC Read 33.4 MC Write 34.3 MC Mixed 29.6 93% 32.4 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 27.7 70% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 54.3 74% 54.3 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 63%

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

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Workstation 39%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 83%, 372,548 samples	5,220x
Core i5-4690KIntel $175Bench 79%, 193,045 samples	3,138x
Core i7-4790Intel $208Bench 77%, 207,546 samples	703x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $340Bench 51%, 677,318 samples	2,240x
GTX 1070Nvidia $330Bench 80%, 1,088,853 samples	1,018x
GTX 1080Nvidia $450Bench 106%, 850,334 samples	666x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 104%, 758,733 samples	929x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $140Bench 111%, 696,417 samples	604x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $68Bench 106%, 592,209 samples	430x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 84,881 samples	659x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 61%, 34,727 samples	442x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 55%, 60,732 samples	329x

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Value: 52% - Above average

Total price: $788

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-11400F $175	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Crucial MX500 250GB $49
Intel Core i5-11600K $265	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i5-10600K $220	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $49

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $73	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16