MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


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 70.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	88.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	161% 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	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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 27 days ago, 27 days ago, 27 days ago, 27 days ago, 27 days ago, 22 days ago, 22 days ago, 22 days ago, 22 days ago, 22 days ago, 12 days ago, 12 days ago, 12 days ago, 12 days ago, 12 days ago, 12 days ago, 12 days ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 12 '24 at 18:23
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

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 i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	Memory 88.4 1-Core 107 2-Core 208 77% 134 Pts	4-Core 289 8-Core 464 46% 376 Pts	64-Core 587 36% 587 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Asus Radeon RX Vega 369 User benchmarks, average bench 87% PowerColor(148C 2387) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 24.3.1 Performing below potential (46^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	88.1% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 111 Parallax 177 93% 134 fps	MRender 90.3 Gravity 132 Splatting 75.3 79% 99.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
CT500P3PSSD8 500GB 5,985 User benchmarks, average bench 211% 399GB free (System drive) Firmware: P9CR40A SusWrite @10s intervals: 663 695 659 703 710 703 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	161% Outstanding	Read 623 Write 678 Mixed 647 SusWrite 689 149% 659 MB/s	4K Read 40.3 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 62.2 195% 68.3 MB/s	DQ Read 738 DQ Write 716 DQ Mixed 807 584% 754 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 161% Great: 315%
3 1TB SSD 1TB 4,965 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 751GB free Firmware: S1011A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 376 380 365 382 386 385 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Read 481 Write 431 Mixed 334 SusWrite 379 91% 406 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 79.6 4K Mixed 20.3 104% 41.2 MB/s	DQ Read 132 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 27 79% 162 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 100%
WD WD10EURX 1TB-$26 53,598 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 150 151 150 152 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 154 Mixed 86.6 SusWrite 151 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 201% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2400 C11 4x4GB 1,336 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	MC Read 30.5 MC Write 30.9 MC Mixed 23.3 81% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 20.3 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 48.4 83% 48.4 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 96%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 43: 0P 5R 4G 6B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
43%	13%	119	209	57	75	27"	1920 1009	AUS27AE ASUS VP278

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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	3,424x
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	1,265x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	566x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	409x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	416x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	306x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	209x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	380x
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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Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16