MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 78%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	94.3% 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	94.6% 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

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	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	5.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '22 at 17:23
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	SVK-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (60^th 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 (66^th percentile)	78% Very good	Memory 95.2 1-Core 108 2-Core 212 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 329 8-Core 507 52% 418 Pts	64-Core 529 33% 529 Pts
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 78% 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 (20^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94.3% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 144 Parallax 184 95% 148 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 136 Splatting 94.4 93% 116 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU650 240GB-$70 47,016 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: S190830a SusWrite @10s intervals: 311 287 254 185 112 95 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Read 483 Write 453 Mixed 453 SusWrite 208 90% 399 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 78.7 4K Mixed 45.2 157% 53.9 MB/s	DQ Read 327 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 332 245% 321 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 99%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 251GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 120 118 119 121 120 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	63.4% Good	Read 101 Write 103 Mixed 70.8 SusWrite 119 72% 98.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 205% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 85%
WD WD20EURS-63S48Y0 2TB 12,928 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 117 114 116 115 115 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	63% Good	Read 104 Write 110 Mixed 93 SusWrite 115 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.7 157% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 63% 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	72.5% Very good	MC Read 23.7 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 23.2 72% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 23.2 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 56.6 71% 56.6 ns
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 72.5% 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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