MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.4% 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	140% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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

13 months ago, 13 months ago, 12 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141223
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 19 '23 at 21:02
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 90.8 1-Core 124 2-Core 242 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 632 66% 527 Pts	64-Core 631 39% 631 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1396) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1607 MHz, MLim: 1805 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 531.29 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 124 Parallax 110 91% 115 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 108 Splatting 97 83% 102 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P5 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$69 17,082 User benchmarks, average bench 256% 235GB free (System drive) Firmware: P4CR311 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 512 575 613 638 631 629 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	140% Outstanding	Read 636 Write 601 Mixed 591 SusWrite 600 137% 607 MB/s	4K Read 41.3 4K Write 72.3 4K Mixed 52.5 168% 55.4 MB/s	DQ Read 647 DQ Write 506 DQ Mixed 560 424% 571 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 332%
Crucial V4 64GB 132 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 34GB free Firmware: S5FAMM25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 84 55 38 23 40 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	25.2% Poor	Read 206 Write 59.1 Mixed 114 SusWrite 53.3 24% 108 MB/s	4K Read 16.9 4K Write 26.6 4K Mixed 2.4 43% 15.3 MB/s	DQ Read 67.2 DQ Write 24 DQ Mixed 0.2 12% 30.5 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 25.2% Great: 33%
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 51GB free Firmware: 521ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 186 200 210 206 183 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Read 426 Write 221 Mixed 275 SusWrite 194 62% 279 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 81 4K Mixed 43.6 150% 52.7 MB/s	DQ Read 243 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 238 174% 228 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 94%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 214GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 151 151 148 150 149 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	Read 119 Write 113 Mixed 75.6 SusWrite 150 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 220% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.3 59% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 19.2 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 66.1 60% 66.1 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 63%

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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	3,394x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,668x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	458x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,246x
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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	306x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	207x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	377x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	248x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	206x

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Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16