MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	111% 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.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	3.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 25 '23 at 12:16
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 97.1 1-Core 114 2-Core 215 83% 142 Pts	4-Core 383 8-Core 600 61% 492 Pts	64-Core 598 37% 598 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6650-XT 4,246 User benchmarks, average bench 110% MSI(1462 5027) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 23.10.2 Performing below potential (56^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	111% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 144 Parallax 231 97% 164 fps	MRender 220 Gravity 126 Splatting 191 147% 179 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 116%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 485 Write 365 Mixed 45.8 65% 298 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 74.3 4K Mixed 37.5 127% 46 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 29.2 97% 209 MB/s
Poor: 59% Great: 103%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$53 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 154GB free Firmware: M3CR033 SusWrite @10s intervals: 404 439 435 460 462 460 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 473 Write 442 Mixed 403 SusWrite 443 99% 440 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 75.7 4K Mixed 43 146% 50.7 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 353 DQ Mixed 282 234% 337 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 125%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown IMT451U6MFR8Y-AB1 2x4GB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 22 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 21.3 59% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 50.8 79% 50.8 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 80%

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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	60	144	24"	1280 720	ACR041B Acer XB240H

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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	3,416x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,683x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	464x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,260x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	561x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	408x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	414x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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	208x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $28	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