MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 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 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 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	108% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	100% 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

2 years ago, 17 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 13 '22 at 00:52
Run Duration	228 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^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 4.5 GHz, turbo 5.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 96.4 1-Core 127 2-Core 240 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 683 68% 552 Pts	64-Core 685 42% 685 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$283 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Zotac(19DA 4630) CLim: 2325 MHz, MLim: 3850 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 512.15 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 132 Parallax 135 116% 137 fps	MRender 148 Gravity 116 Splatting 100 97% 121 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 177GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 326 178 146 121 155 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 487 Mixed 242 SusWrite 172 78% 350 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 50.3 179% 65 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 256 DQ Mixed 224 193% 288 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 108%
Sandisk S3512G 512GB 19,948 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 95GB free Firmware: X6107000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 413 409 411 411 420 416 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 484 Mixed 387 SusWrite 413 101% 449 MB/s	4K Read 40.7 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 53.9 190% 69 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 286 234% 333 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 119%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$90 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 3.5TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 162 162 162 164 163 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 138 Mixed 31 SusWrite 162 88% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.9 353% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBH2X04H1AA28-16 2x8GB 69 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 23.8 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 24.7 SC Mixed 24.8 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 52.7 76% 52.7 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 80%

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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	3,412x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,681x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	462x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,257x
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 $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	379x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	248x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	207x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16