MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	93.1% 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	149% 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, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

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	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 31 '21 at 21:01
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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 way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 96.3 1-Core 106 2-Core 218 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 557 59% 470 Pts	64-Core 558 34% 558 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 83.7% 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: 466.47 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 106 Parallax 111 96% 112 fps	MRender 137 Gravity 101 Splatting 91.2 88% 110 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 93.1% 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% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 534 579 588 575 521 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	149% Outstanding	Read 728 Write 445 Mixed 490 SusWrite 499 121% 540 MB/s	4K Read 46 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 58.1 208% 74.9 MB/s	DQ Read 774 DQ Write 372 DQ Mixed 544 412% 563 MB/s
Poor: 119% ↑ This bench: 149% Great: 243%
Seagate Momentus XT 7200 RPM 2.5" 750GB-$55 8,365 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 698GB free Firmware: SM12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 109 106 110 107 110 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Read 100 Write 95.2 Mixed 75.9 SusWrite 103 69% 93.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 63%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 376GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 126 128 127 130 130 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	Read 132 Write 129 Mixed 90.2 SusWrite 121 87% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 85%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 89 89 90 89 89 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	51.5% Above average	Read 92.6 Write 91.4 Mixed 61.2 SusWrite 86.5 61% 82.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 158% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 51%
WD Authorized HDD 2TB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 659GB free, PID 1026 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 106 106 105 108 107 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	42.9% Average	Read 108 Write 103 Mixed 50 SusWrite 100 120% 90.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 91% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 52%

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 (54^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	MC Read 32.3 MC Write 31.2 MC Mixed 23.8 83% 29.1 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 26.5 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 53 76% 53 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 103%

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Typical Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) Builds (Compare 6,770 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	3,383x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,665x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	457x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,244x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	559x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	406x

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	206x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16