MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84%, 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	161% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	15.6 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150811
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '21 at 20:40
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 85.3 1-Core 133 2-Core 257 88% 159 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 700 71% 573 Pts	64-Core 708 44% 708 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 2151 MHz, MLim: 2152 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.41 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 119 Parallax 120 86% 115 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 106 Splatting 108 87% 106 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$150 200,600 User benchmarks, average bench 336% 877GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 290 553 567 583 588 587 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	161% Outstanding	Read 722 Write 584 Mixed 624 SusWrite 528 138% 614 MB/s	4K Read 52.7 4K Write 98.8 4K Mixed 68 219% 73.2 MB/s	DQ Read 784 DQ Write 626 DQ Mixed 748 548% 719 MB/s
Poor: 223% ↑ This bench: 161% Great: 435%
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 111GB free Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 198 203 204 205 204 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	71.8% Very good	Read 446 Write 204 Mixed 200 SusWrite 191 58% 260 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 99.1 4K Mixed 14.5 117% 47.9 MB/s	DQ Read 199 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 79.9 94% 161 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 78%
Seagate ST750LM022 HN-M750MBB 750GB 31,958 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 507GB free Firmware: 2AR20002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 89 89 90 88 87 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	Read 110 Write 102 Mixed 59.8 SusWrite 87.6 66% 89.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 167% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 0420 F3-1600C11-8GNT 0118 24GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	42.9% Average	MC Read 15.3 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 12.2 41% 14.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 15.8 SC Mixed 14.5 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 54%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	7	5	60	27"	1280 720	SAM0D32 C27F390

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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	3,397x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,671x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	459x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,247x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	561x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	407x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	414x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	306x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	209x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	379x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16