MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 76.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	103% 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	88.3% 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	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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 11 months ago, 11 months ago, 11 months ago, 11 months ago, 11 months ago, 11 months ago, 11 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	23.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 27 '23 at 22:42
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing below expectations (33^rd 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 below expectations (28^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Memory 82.4 1-Core 115 2-Core 224 79% 140 Pts	4-Core 380 8-Core 580 60% 480 Pts	64-Core 575 36% 575 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Gigabyte(1458 37C2) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 532.03 Performing below potential (52^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 112 Parallax 130 104% 123 fps	MRender 163 Gravity 123 Splatting 102 103% 130 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Viper M.2 VPN100 256GB 1,988 User benchmarks, average bench 156% 104GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM22.7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 412 164 160 199 275 276 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Read 560 Write 604 Mixed 574 SusWrite 248 112% 497 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 62.7 4K Mixed 38 129% 43.9 MB/s	DQ Read 224 DQ Write 256 DQ Mixed 295 207% 259 MB/s
Poor: 98% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 212%
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 23GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 99 102 95 102 90 MB/s Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	51.4% Above average	Read 231 Write 126 Mixed 181 SusWrite 96.6 35% 159 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 56.8 4K Mixed 29.7 101% 36 MB/s	DQ Read 94.3 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 87.6 72% 102 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 75%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 259GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 163 160 165 165 163 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Read 146 Write 144 Mixed 101 SusWrite 163 102% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.1 224% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 4x8GB 1,459 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	56.4% Above average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 16.3 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 18.9 54% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 76.2 52% 76.2 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 72%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	3,400x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,671x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	459x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,247x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	306x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 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	206x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16