MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	93.7% 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	70.5% 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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150811
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Dec 10 '19 at 17:08
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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 above expectations (78^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 121 2-Core 203 81% 138 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 609 63% 506 Pts	64-Core 628 39% 628 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% Sapphire(1DA2 E411) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.12.1 Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	93.7% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 96.7 Parallax 191 92% 134 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 113 Splatting 132 96% 115 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 177GB free Firmware: M3CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 395 411 416 403 411 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 471 Write 446 Mixed 420 SusWrite 405 98% 435 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 51.9 174% 63.5 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 303 244% 344 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 125%
Samsung SM841 2.5" 7mm 256GB 2,869 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 238GB free Firmware: DXM02D0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 217 298 315 275 417 427 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 464 Write 157 Mixed 274 SusWrite 325 68% 305 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 44 161% 59.9 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 261 DQ Mixed 134 150% 257 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 107%
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 165 125 120 91 85 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	70.5% Very good	Read 423 Write 150 Mixed 148 SusWrite 132 47% 213 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 83.1 4K Mixed 24.4 116% 44.7 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 143 DQ Mixed 56.2 92% 184 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 931GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 176 174 175 175 175 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 64.5 Mixed 76 SusWrite 175 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 2,340 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31% Below average	MC Read 10 MC Write 10.6 MC Mixed 8.8 28% 9.8 GB/s	SC Read 8.7 SC Write 9.8 SC Mixed 8.8 26% 9.1 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 31% Great: 62%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	3,386x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,665x
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 $94Bench 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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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 $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