MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (15th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 85 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	40.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

Very high background CPU (54%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	6.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.2 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140731
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '19 at 21:40
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	54%

PC Performing way below expectations (15^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	69.6% Good	Memory 77.4 1-Core 104 2-Core 190 71% 124 Pts	4-Core 333 8-Core 576 55% 455 Pts	64-Core 626 39% 626 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	40.5% Average	Lighting 49 Reflection 51.7 Parallax 46 40% 48.9 fps	MRender 56.5 Gravity 51.5 Splatting 46.3 42% 51.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 SATA M.2 240GB-$148 280 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 388 Write 254 Mixed 271 67% 304 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 85.4 4K Mixed 30 115% 45.3 MB/s	DQ Read 315 DQ Write 253 DQ Mixed 172 159% 247 MB/s
Poor: 54% Great: 90%
Hitachi HDT725050VLA360 500GB-$159 3,335 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 59GB free Firmware: V56OA7EA SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 50 50 50 47 47 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	29.4% Poor	Read 53.5 Write 54.2 Mixed 35.5 SusWrite 48.5 35% 47.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 40%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 250GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 117 119 121 122 122 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	73.8% Very good	Read 137 Write 145 Mixed 98 SusWrite 120 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 236% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600 C11 2x8GB 4,192 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1200 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	25.1% Poor	MC Read 8.5 MC Write 8.8 MC Mixed 7.4 24% 8.23 GB/s	SC Read 5.8 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 5.8 18% 6.43 GB/s	Latency 85.6 47% 85.6 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 25.1% Great: 59%

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

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	3,383x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,663x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	457x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,243x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	559x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	405x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	414x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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	205x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	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