MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 76.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	147% 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	75.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Very high background CPU (41%). 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	17.5 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140520
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 12 '24 at 21:55
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	41%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$50 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Memory 92.8 1-Core 95.2 2-Core 181 73% 123 Pts	4-Core 346 8-Core 367 47% 357 Pts	64-Core 374 23% 374 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$500 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% MSI(1462 3909) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 551.23 Performing below potential (46^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	147% Outstanding	Lighting 215 Reflection 202 Parallax 194 175% 204 fps	MRender 196 Gravity 150 Splatting 132 127% 159 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 147% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 548GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 80 80 81 80 81 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	Read 405 Write 407 Mixed 346 SusWrite 88.3 70% 311 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 70.5 4K Mixed 37.5 126% 44.9 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 113 145% 262 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 121%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$29 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 403GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 156 157 153 150 154 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 149 Mixed 88.7 SusWrite 154 108% 147 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.3 246% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-14900CL9-4GBXL 0420 F3-14900CL10-8GBXL 0420 F3-14900CL9-4GBXL 0420 F3-14900CL10-8GBXL 24GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1867, 1867, 1867, 1867 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	69.3% Good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 26.1 MC Mixed 22.1 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 22.7 59% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 72%

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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	27"	1463 760	BNQ8024 BenQ LCD

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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	3,431x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,686x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	465x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,267x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	567x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	409x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	417x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	307x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	209x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	381x
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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