MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Raft	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	36.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	91.7% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150811
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 02 '22 at 01:57
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing as expected (54^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-$100 251,169 User benchmarks, average bench 78% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Memory 85 1-Core 103 2-Core 216 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 427 56% 415 Pts	64-Core 421 28% 421 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 411,263 User benchmarks, average bench 34% EVGA(3842 3967) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 512.59 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	36.4% Below average	Lighting 47.1 Reflection 48.6 Parallax 43.2 38% 46.3 fps	MRender 37.8 Gravity 43.6 Splatting 38 34% 39.8 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 240GB 14,997 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 110GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM01.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 234 227 228 274 297 222 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Read 428 Write 415 Mixed 329 SusWrite 247 80% 355 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 95.1 4K Mixed 40.2 145% 54.5 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 179 178% 282 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 101%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 2,961,831 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 326GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 87 102 102 102 102 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Read 170 Write 164 Mixed 80.9 SusWrite 98.9 94% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 233% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 10,692 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	29.3% Poor	MC Read 9.6 MC Write 10 MC Mixed 8.3 27% 9.3 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 9.3 25% 8.7 GB/s	Latency 71.9 56% 71.9 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 29.3% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 45%

Yacht

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 39%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 83%, 427,837 samples	7,479x
Core i5-4690KIntel $100Bench 78%, 251,169 samples	4,264x
Core i7-4790Intel $195Bench 77%, 260,758 samples	1,027x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $125Bench 50%, 823,201 samples	3,090x
GTX 1070Nvidia $138Bench 80%, 1,295,591 samples	1,368x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $290Bench 57%, 1,449,936 samples	921x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 104%, 866,902 samples	1,204x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $140Bench 111%, 807,368 samples	807x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 770,272 samples	578x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 58%, 114,582 samples	909x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 41,501 samples	626x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 56%, 83,562 samples	456x

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Total price: $573

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $258	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-12400F $170	Nvidia RTX 3050 $250	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $118
Intel Core i7-12700K $380	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $33	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $68	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $68	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $71	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $470	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16