MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	57% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	126% 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	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB 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	17 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '22 at 22:42
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	SVK-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78% Very good	Memory 87.8 1-Core 106 2-Core 207 77% 134 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 374 52% 386 Pts	64-Core 397 25% 397 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 8618) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	57% Above average	Lighting 71.2 Reflection 73.6 Parallax 67.8 58% 70.9 fps	MRender 66.8 Gravity 70.1 Splatting 65 55% 67.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot M.2 P300 256GB 1,766 User benchmarks, average bench 174% 137GB free (System drive) Firmware: U0630A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 351 553 588 558 581 574 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 625 Write 518 Mixed 521 SusWrite 534 124% 549 MB/s	4K Read 46.4 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 19.5 164% 65 MB/s	DQ Read 510 DQ Write 495 DQ Mixed 357 308% 454 MB/s
Poor: 102% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 232%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 46GB free Firmware: 608ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 161 141 120 125 116 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	75.1% Very good	Read 320 Write 270 Mixed 275 SusWrite 137 56% 250 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 37.6 143% 55.1 MB/s	DQ Read 214 DQ Write 237 DQ Mixed 165 141% 206 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 85%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 25GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 75 75 74 74 74 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	Read 120 Write 109 Mixed 98.5 SusWrite 73.8 75% 100 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 151% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 72GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 207 200 201 206 207 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 140 Mixed 80.6 SusWrite 197 109% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 163% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5584-017.A00LF 99U5471-039.A00LF KHX1866C10D3/8G 20GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1600, 1333 MHz 4096, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	38% Below average	MC Read 12.3 MC Write 12.4 MC Mixed 11.8 35% 12.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 13.3 SC Mixed 13.9 37% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 61%

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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	3,383x
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