MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	105% 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	95.3% 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

16 months ago, 13 months ago, 4 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 02 '23 at 01:15
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 126 2-Core 248 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 653 63% 519 Pts	64-Core 659 41% 659 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.8% 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: 2220 MHz, MLim: 4250 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 527.56 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 126 Parallax 129 111% 130 fps	MRender 160 Gravity 109 Splatting 94.5 96% 121 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 350GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 227 273 279 274 270 269 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Read 476 Write 467 Mixed 227 SusWrite 266 80% 359 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 86.4 4K Mixed 38.3 148% 53.3 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 195 183% 287 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 108%
Sandisk S3512G 512GB 19,948 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 278GB free Firmware: X6107000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 277 374 420 426 425 429 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 470 Mixed 280 SusWrite 392 92% 410 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 91.5 4K Mixed 49.1 167% 59.2 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 286 233% 331 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 119%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$90 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 3.5TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 177 182 181 182 183 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Read 154 Write 161 Mixed 29 SusWrite 176 94% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2 364% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 95.2% 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 above expectations (83^rd percentile)	76.6% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 23.9 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 23.8 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 53.9 74% 53.9 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 76.6% 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%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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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	1,256x
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