MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	22.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	22.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '20 at 04:51
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd 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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	Memory 91.2 1-Core 117 2-Core 185 78% 131 Pts	4-Core 301 8-Core 417 45% 359 Pts	64-Core 413 26% 413 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% PNY(196E 1138) 2GB CLim: 1468 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 441.87 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	22.7% Poor	Lighting 29 Reflection 28 Parallax 24 24% 27 fps	MRender 27.8 Gravity 27 Splatting 22.8 21% 25.8 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 22.7% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 107 116 128 148 137 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	Read 129 Write 133 Mixed 77.2 SusWrite 124 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 196% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 96%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 685GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 111 111 112 113 112 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Read 99.8 Write 98.3 Mixed 69.5 SusWrite 110 69% 94.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 180% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 84%
WD My Book 320GB 367 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 280GB free, PID 1100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	3.55% Terrible	Read 1 Write 1 Mixed 1 SusWrite 1.1 1% 1.02 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.5 52% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 3.55% Great: 22%
WD My Book Essentials 1TB 3,704 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 183GB free, PID 1110 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 25 30 37 38 38 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	15.8% Very poor	Read 35.8 Write 34.5 Mixed 24.8 SusWrite 32.4 43% 31.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.5 56% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 15.8% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBH2X04F1AA28-15 0118 8GBH2X04F1AA28-15 Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 32GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1600, 1600, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	56.6% Above average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 18.2 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 17.1 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 57%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	3,379x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,662x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	457x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,240x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	559x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	404x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	414x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	305x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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