MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.2% 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	120% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 11 '21 at 19:02
Run Duration	265 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.5 GHz, turbo 5.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 131 2-Core 232 87% 152 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 706 70% 574 Pts	64-Core 709 44% 709 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2102 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.11 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 114 Parallax 117 87% 113 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 106 Splatting 103 84% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P2 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$45 55,360 User benchmarks, average bench 166% 319GB free (System drive) Firmware: P2CR033 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 318 568 261 76 72 63 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 616 Write 636 Mixed 636 SusWrite 226 119% 528 MB/s	4K Read 43.7 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 58.5 203% 72.7 MB/s	DQ Read 175 DQ Write 658 DQ Mixed 270 249% 367 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 253%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 112GB free Firmware: 600ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 53 72 85 86 87 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	55.9% Above average	Read 253 Write 123 Mixed 170 SusWrite 72.6 34% 155 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 72.1 4K Mixed 34.4 121% 44 MB/s	DQ Read 55.5 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 81.3 63% 84.8 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 73%
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 447GB free Firmware: S3401103 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 183 274 338 340 342 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Read 506 Write 436 Mixed 402 SusWrite 265 90% 402 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 88.5 4K Mixed 25.8 119% 46.8 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 83.3 104% 177 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 102%
Samsung 870 EVO 500GB-$60 60,851 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 287GB free Firmware: SVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 188 292 365 367 370 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 484 Mixed 454 SusWrite 283 97% 432 MB/s	4K Read 43.6 4K Write 92.1 4K Mixed 56.7 188% 64.1 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 298 242% 343 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 130%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 148 150 149 149 153 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Read 157 Write 140 Mixed 99.7 SusWrite 142 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 196% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 86%
Seagate ST3320820AS 320GB-$55 14,577 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 2GB free Firmware: 3.AAD Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 78 Write 39.9 Mixed 44.6 40% 54.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 14% Great: 44%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 629GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 55 78 93 93 94 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	38% Below average	Read 56.6 Write 82.1 Mixed 60.6 SusWrite 75.8 51% 68.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 63% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 90%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 107 107 107 106 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	Read 103 Write 49 Mixed 53.5 SusWrite 103 57% 77.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 58%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$39 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 387GB free Firmware: D004SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 77 87 96 95 89 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	49.8% Average	Read 89.7 Write 82.6 Mixed 45.5 SusWrite 83.7 55% 75.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 58%
VendorCo ProductCode 32GB 3,948 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 23GB free, PID 5678 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.8 6.8 5.8 6.9 6.2 5.8 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	5.25% Terrible	Read 22.1 Write 4.7 Mixed 1.7 SusWrite 5.7 8% 8.55 MB/s	4K Read 3.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 13% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.25% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G 32GB 451 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1333, 1600, 1333, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	76% Very good	MC Read 29.2 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 21.9 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 24.4 SC Mixed 26.2 68% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 69%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	3,378x
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	1,240x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	558x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	404x

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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Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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