MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	118% 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	71.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

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

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140408
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 08 '24 at 17:08
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	73% Very good	Memory 95.3 1-Core 99.6 2-Core 90.7 65% 95.2 Pts	4-Core 280 8-Core 373 42% 326 Pts	64-Core 506 31% 506 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 4060-$295 48,534 User benchmarks, average bench 122% MSI(1462 5161) CLim: 3105 MHz, MLim: 4250 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 551.23 Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	118% Outstanding	Lighting 159 Reflection 107 Parallax 149 130% 138 fps	MRender 184 Gravity 126 Splatting 99.6 108% 137 fps
Poor: 115% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 127%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LX 128GB-$144 1,867 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: N0307A SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 138 140 109 78 71 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	Read 488 Write 144 Mixed 197 SusWrite 109 51% 234 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 72 4K Mixed 32.3 119% 43.5 MB/s	DQ Read 265 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 152 127% 187 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 84%
WDC WD20EZBX-00AYRA0 2TB 20,788 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 927GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 180 179 183 184 181 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	25% Poor	Read 169 Write 174 Mixed 128 SusWrite 181 37% 163 MB/s	4K Read 11.4 4K Write 12.8 4K Mixed 1.2 26% 8.47 MB/s	DQ Read 1.3 DQ Write 10.7 DQ Mixed 1 2% 4.33 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 25% Great: 46%
WD WD25 00JS-58NCB1 250GB 17,984 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 124GB free Firmware: 10.02E02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 51 50 51 51 51 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	32.2% Below average	Read 61.3 Write 57.4 Mixed 44.7 SusWrite 50.4 40% 53.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 35%
Seagate ST3750528AS 750GB-$65 22,230 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 333GB free Firmware: HP34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 103 102 105 106 104 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Read 107 Write 71.2 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 104 63% 86.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 178% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 65%
WD My Passport 0820 2TB 18,744 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 928GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 84 84 85 86 85 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	37.2% Below average	Read 87.2 Write 74.3 Mixed 53.5 SusWrite 84.1 100% 74.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 97% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.3% Average	MC Read 15.1 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 11.8 39% 13.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 14.1 SC Mixed 13.1 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 88%

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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	55	27	60	23.8"	1280 720	HPN3545 HP 24f

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Typical Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) Builds (Compare 6,780 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	3,390x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,666x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	457x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,245x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	559x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	406x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	414x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	306x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	207x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	376x
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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16