MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	114% 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	151% 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	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

8 months ago, 7 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	16.4 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 07 '23 at 22:20
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	74.8% Very good	Memory 80.3 1-Core 114 2-Core 230 79% 142 Pts	4-Core 374 8-Core 543 57% 458 Pts	64-Core 581 36% 581 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6600-XT-$301 21,558 User benchmarks, average bench 107% ASRock(1849 5220) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 23.8.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 140 Parallax 244 101% 169 fps	MRender 228 Gravity 124 Splatting 193 149% 182 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
CT500P3PSSD8 500GB 5,985 User benchmarks, average bench 211% 121GB free (System drive) Firmware: P9CR40A SusWrite @10s intervals: 510 651 630 662 660 489 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	151% Outstanding	Read 612 Write 677 Mixed 643 SusWrite 600 143% 633 MB/s	4K Read 42.8 4K Write 93.6 4K Mixed 57.5 188% 64.6 MB/s	DQ Read 744 DQ Write 654 DQ Mixed 754 550% 717 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 151% Great: 315%
Team T253512GB 512GB 3,987 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 477GB free Firmware: SBFM61.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 346 429 204 108 109 109 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 441 Mixed 372 SusWrite 218 85% 378 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 71.4 4K Mixed 39 140% 48.4 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 225 195% 288 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 102%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5673FH0-CH9 1319 CL11-11-11 D3-1600 M378B5673FH0-CH9 1319 CL11-11-11 D3-1600 20GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1333, 1600, 1333, 1600 MHz 2048, 8192, 2048, 8192 MB Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	48.5% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 14.2 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 15 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 80.1 50% 80.1 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 51%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	71	59	60	21.5"	1920 1080	SPT08E3 Sceptre F22

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Typical Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) Builds (Compare 6,801 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	1,672x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	459x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,248x
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 $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	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16