MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	48.4% 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)
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.

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

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	25.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150811
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '22 at 20:51
Run Duration	225 Seconds
Run User	EUR-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing below expectations (22^nd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	Memory 69.2 1-Core 116 2-Core 227 75% 137 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 627 63% 513 Pts	64-Core 624 39% 624 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 511.23 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48.4% Average	Lighting 59.2 Reflection 67.8 Parallax 60.5 48% 62.5 fps	MRender 65.8 Gravity 60.2 Splatting 54.3 49% 60.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 293GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 906 495 489 487 501 483 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 208GB free Firmware: 3B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 611 602 602 612 596 628 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	163% Outstanding	Read 584 Write 551 Mixed 626 SusWrite 608 134% 592 MB/s	4K Read 51.9 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 67.7 223% 76.3 MB/s	DQ Read 758 DQ Write 699 DQ Mixed 879 618% 779 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 163% Great: 410%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 420GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 105 106 106 106 106 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Read 171 Write 139 Mixed 84.2 SusWrite 105 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 0420 F3-14900CL10-8GBXL KHX1866C10D3/8G 0420 F3-14900CL10-8GBXL 32GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1333, 1867, 1333, 1867 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	48.6% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.2 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 16.6 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 103 39% 103 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 64%

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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	3,379x
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	559x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	405x

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 $279	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