MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	123% 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	101% 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	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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 07 '22 at 09:58
Run Duration	224 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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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 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 above expectations (78^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 118 2-Core 194 80% 135 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 628 64% 516 Pts	64-Core 624 39% 624 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% EVGA(3842 6251) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 512.95 Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	29% Poor	Lighting 36.5 Reflection 40.8 Parallax 38.1 30% 38.5 fps	MRender 37.9 Gravity 38.3 Splatting 27.3 28% 34.5 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 29% Great: 33%
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 376B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 512.95 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	123% Outstanding	Lighting 168 Reflection 181 Parallax 173 137% 174 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 168 Splatting 121 114% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$46 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 94GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 509 392 406 400 401 402 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	170% Outstanding	Read 736 Write 596 Mixed 587 SusWrite 418 131% 584 MB/s	4K Read 59.4 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 83.3 269% 93.1 MB/s	DQ Read 763 DQ Write 628 DQ Mixed 981 656% 790 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 170% Great: 302%
SHGS31-500GS-2 500GB 9,480 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 178GB free (System drive) Firmware: 90000Q00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 356 369 304 275 269 268 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 448 Mixed 389 SusWrite 307 92% 408 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 96.8 4K Mixed 43.6 150% 56.3 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 353 267% 358 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 6TB (2017)-$87 14,331 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 181 174 180 173 169 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Read 138 Write 151 Mixed 67.7 SusWrite 166 95% 131 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5.4 4K Mixed 0.8 243% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 136 145 137 137 131 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Read 92.7 Write 110 Mixed 73.3 SusWrite 136 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 80% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 106%
iOS devi FLASH DRIVE 268GB 54 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 247GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.1 5.2 7.1 11 11 9.1 MB/s Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 14.7 Write 1.2 Mixed 5.7 SusWrite 7.5 8% 7.27 MB/s	4K Read 3.3 4K Mixed 0 18% 1.65 MB/s
Poor: 1% Great: 29%
Kingston DataTraveler G3 4GB 811 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 2GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.2 11 10 9.8 11 9.8 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	6.49% Terrible	Read 19.1 Write 9.7 Mixed 10 SusWrite 9.8 15% 12.1 MB/s	4K Read 6.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.1 28% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.49% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown S939A2UGS-ITR 0012 ATECH8GBPC3L12800U 32GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	56.4% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 15.9 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 19.4 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 85%

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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	3,380x
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	1,241x
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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Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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