MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Jet ski


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 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 80.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	20 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 25 '20 at 23:21
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	31%

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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 i5-4690K-$50 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Memory 93.6 1-Core 112 2-Core 204 80% 137 Pts	4-Core 385 8-Core 422 53% 404 Pts	64-Core 449 28% 449 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3283) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Lighting 77.8 Reflection 76.5 Parallax 66.9 63% 73.8 fps	MRender 72.1 Gravity 71.8 Splatting 70.4 58% 71.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Lexar SFF-SSD 512GB 158 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 252GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 136 145 147 149 148 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	33.2% Below average	Read 402 Write 143 Mixed 197 SusWrite 140 49% 220 MB/s	4K Read 15.2 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 4.4 30% 7.4 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 74%
WD WD10EURX 1TB-$26 53,598 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 890GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 130 136 135 138 139 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	Read 134 Write 127 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 134 86% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.7 163% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 0215 CML8GX3M1A1600C10 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 24GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.2% Average	MC Read 14.6 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 11.6 39% 13.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 14.6 SC Mixed 12.3 38% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 62%

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

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Typical Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) Builds (Compare 6,885 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	3,443x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,688x
Core i7-4790Intel $132Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	469x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,272x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	569x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	409x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	418x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	309x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	210x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	382x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	249x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	210x

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