MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.82% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	98.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141106
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 06 '17 at 10:50
Run Duration	88 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460S 10,941 User benchmarks, average bench 66% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	Memory 87.9 1-Core 96.2 2-Core 186 72% 124 Pts	4-Core 350 8-Core 360 47% 355 Pts	64-Core 360 22% 360 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 240 58,337 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Device(1B0A 90D3) 2GB CLim: 780 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	6.82% Terrible	Lighting 8.5 Reflection 9.31 Parallax 10.5 7% 9.45 fps	MRender 8.05 Gravity 7.6 Splatting 8.43 7% 8.03 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.82% Great: 6%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 240GB 13,500 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	Read 978 Write 304 Mixed 503 130% 595 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 63.5 4K Mixed 18 94% 35.5 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 81.3 115% 216 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16JTF1G64AZ-1G6E1 2x8GB 7,464 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	60.4% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 18.3 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 19 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 69.6 58% 69.6 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 60%

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

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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	3,425x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,686x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	465x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,265x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	567x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	409x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	417x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	306x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	209x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	380x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	248x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	208x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16