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MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	102% 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	173% 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	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.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '20 at 13:05
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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 (96^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 96.4 1-Core 131 2-Core 245 90% 158 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 658 66% 535 Pts	64-Core 667 41% 667 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 141 Parallax 130 107% 134 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 130 Splatting 103 94% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$84 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 121GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 579 588 591 589 589 595 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	173% Outstanding	Read 732 Write 645 Mixed 645 SusWrite 588 147% 653 MB/s	4K Read 57.6 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 72.9 242% 82.3 MB/s	DQ Read 780 DQ Write 677 DQ Mixed 886 621% 781 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 173% Great: 340%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$30 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 140GB free Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 96 96 95 96 96 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Read 408 Write 162 Mixed 137 SusWrite 104 44% 203 MB/s	4K Read 15.1 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 12.9 94% 43.6 MB/s	DQ Read 146 DQ Write 251 DQ Mixed 14.7 63% 137 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 86%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$76 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 442GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 345 348 360 360 358 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 485 Mixed 403 SusWrite 349 98% 435 MB/s	4K Read 46.8 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 64.6 220% 78.6 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 364 274% 365 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$23 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 864GB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 198 198 199 199 200 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 202 Write 172 Mixed 92.2 SusWrite 197 121% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 146% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-2133C10-8GXM 0215 CMY16GX3M2A2133C11 0420 F3-2133C10-8GXM 0215 CMY16GX3M2A2133C11 32GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2133, 1600, 2133, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.1% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 27.8 MC Mixed 21.5 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 24.1 SC Mixed 25.4 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 52.4 76% 52.4 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 78%

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Typical Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) Builds (Compare 7,007 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	3,514x
Core i5-4690KIntel $59Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,713x
Core i7-4790Intel $65Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	475x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,305x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	576x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	415x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $44Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	426x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	314x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	212x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	384x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	256x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	211x

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Total price: $592

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