MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (18th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 82 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	126% 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.
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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	7.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150528
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 20 '20 at 19:52
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	68.8% Good	Memory 79.4 1-Core 92.4 2-Core 171 67% 114 Pts	4-Core 314 8-Core 454 48% 384 Pts	64-Core 488 30% 488 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% MSI(1462 3715) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 156 Reflection 147 Parallax 224 128% 176 fps	MRender 232 Gravity 195 Splatting 116 141% 181 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LX 128GB-$144 1,867 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: N0307A Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 394 Write 150 Mixed 95.7 46% 213 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 30.8 4K Mixed 13.8 67% 22.1 MB/s	DQ Read 266 DQ Write 65 DQ Mixed 65 74% 132 MB/s
Poor: 53% Great: 84%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 72GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 368 327 163 158 156 151 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Read 454 Write 423 Mixed 415 SusWrite 220 85% 378 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 80.9 4K Mixed 45.4 147% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 343 261% 353 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 133%
SSD PLUS 480GB 5,109 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 60GB free Firmware: Z31000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 334 276 224 191 144 176 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Read 425 Write 394 Mixed 245 SusWrite 224 72% 322 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 69 4K Mixed 31.5 118% 42.4 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 292 DQ Mixed 200 187% 291 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 108%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 232GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 62 63 59 66 59 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	30.6% Below average	Read 47.2 Write 56.5 Mixed 35.8 SusWrite 59.5 37% 49.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 115% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x4GB 2,168 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43% Average	MC Read 14.7 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 14 42% 14.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 14 SC Mixed 13.3 36% 12.6 GB/s	Latency 81.7 49% 81.7 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 88%

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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	3,380x
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	1,241x
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	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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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