MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	132% 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	132% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 04 '18 at 18:52
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 96.6 1-Core 108 2-Core 255 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 685 69% 559 Pts	64-Core 685 42% 685 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2775 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	132% Outstanding	Lighting 185 Reflection 205 Parallax 182 151% 191 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 182 Splatting 124 117% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 29GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 457 470 467 436 339 220 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 459 Write 437 Mixed 350 SusWrite 398 92% 411 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 43.7 163% 63.6 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 350 267% 360 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 68GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 400 290 290 290 290 290 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 452 Write 434 Mixed 386 SusWrite 308 89% 395 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 44.5 168% 66.2 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 124%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$119 20,782 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 99GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF121C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 565 569 490 216 120 119 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 719 Write 553 Mixed 582 SusWrite 346 123% 550 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 159 4K Mixed 52.7 193% 79.6 MB/s	DQ Read 502 DQ Write 528 DQ Mixed 394 330% 475 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 144%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 97 101 100 101 100 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	54.9% Above average	Read 91.2 Write 91.5 Mixed 21.2 SusWrite 99.9 55% 75.9 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 158% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT4G3D1608ET3LX0. 4x4GB 1,102 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	61.9% Good	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 18.6 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 20.6 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 52 77% 52 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 65%

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

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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	3,398x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,671x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	459x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,247x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	306x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 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 $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16