MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	94.1% 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	99.7% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 01 '21 at 16:19
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.7 GHz, turbo 6.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 139 2-Core 277 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 544 67% 513 Pts	64-Core 523 32% 523 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2702 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.68 Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94.1% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 129 Parallax 122 94% 122 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 126 Splatting 107 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 125 79 79 81 77 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Read 456 Write 439 Mixed 315 SusWrite 102 73% 328 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 55 190% 69.5 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 176 184% 301 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 108%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$84 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 259GB free Firmware: M3CR032 SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 418 438 424 434 439 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 462 Write 411 Mixed 382 SusWrite 390 92% 411 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 58.1 193% 71.2 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 290 238% 340 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 125%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 610GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 184 186 185 189 188 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 75.8 Mixed 90.4 SusWrite 176 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C11 4x4GB 4,968 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	MC Read 34.3 MC Write 34.6 MC Mixed 26.9 91% 31.9 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 29.8 75% 26.3 GB/s	Latency 53 75% 53 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 79%

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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	3,377x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,661x
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	403x

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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	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