MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 79%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	89.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	79.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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

19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 14 months ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 26 '22 at 16:40
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	SVK-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1271 v3 1,699 User benchmarks, average bench 76% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	79% Very good	Memory 95.3 1-Core 108 2-Core 196 78% 133 Pts	4-Core 340 8-Core 513 53% 426 Pts	64-Core 516 32% 516 Pts
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% ASRock(1849 5103) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.5.1 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	89.7% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 135 Parallax 157 92% 135 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 116 Splatting 90 84% 105 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU650 240GB-$70 47,016 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: S190830a SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 237 174 169 204 194 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Read 392 Write 225 Mixed 261 SusWrite 194 60% 268 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 30.5 138% 54 MB/s	DQ Read 261 DQ Write 234 DQ Mixed 190 158% 228 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 99%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 258GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 104 106 104 106 105 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	61.4% Good	Read 109 Write 71.5 Mixed 73.3 SusWrite 105 66% 89.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 85%
WD WD20EURS-63S48Y0 2TB 12,928 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 109 110 109 110 108 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	62.3% Good	Read 108 Write 109 Mixed 97.7 SusWrite 108 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 156% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C11D3/4GX KHX2400C11D3/4GX 0420 DDR3 2400 2OZ 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	82.4% Excellent	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 32.4 MC Mixed 26.3 85% 29.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 24.5 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 56 71% 56 ns
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 86%

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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	3,431x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,686x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	465x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,267x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	567x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	409x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	417x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	307x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	209x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	381x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	248x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	208x

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