MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 77.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	91.3% 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	131% 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, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 18 '21 at 12:59
Run Duration	233 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3-$209 19,313 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	77.7% Very good	Memory 96 1-Core 110 2-Core 211 81% 139 Pts	4-Core 323 8-Core 465 49% 394 Pts	64-Core 528 33% 528 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Asus(1043 868A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 466.27 Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91.3% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 105 Parallax 108 94% 109 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 99.2 Splatting 90.9 86% 108 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$31 9,202 User benchmarks, average bench 183% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 333 344 340 371 366 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 702 Write 569 Mixed 481 SusWrite 329 116% 520 MB/s	4K Read 46.1 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 51.6 194% 69.2 MB/s	DQ Read 759 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 485 372% 517 MB/s
Poor: 119% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 243%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 497GB 5,027 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 447GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 2131 894 815 821 821 820 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 66% Great: 128%
Seagate Momentus XT 7200 RPM 2.5" 750GB-$55 8,365 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 182GB free Firmware: SM12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 74 78 76 79 78 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	39.3% Below average	Read 60.6 Write 42.9 Mixed 50.8 SusWrite 76 43% 57.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 63%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 890GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 141 143 143 147 144 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Read 154 Write 93.7 Mixed 94.3 SusWrite 136 88% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 187% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 85%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 777GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 93.7 Write 91.6 Mixed 59.1 60% 81.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 26% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x4GB 4,979 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	81% Excellent	MC Read 30.7 MC Write 31.7 MC Mixed 23.8 82% 28.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 26.5 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 54.1 74% 54.1 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 103%

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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	3,383x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,663x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	457x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,243x
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	306x
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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Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $42	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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