MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	61.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	87.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 15 '21 at 14:57
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	35%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Memory 92 1-Core 102 2-Core 178 74% 124 Pts	4-Core 383 8-Core 369 51% 376 Pts	64-Core 396 24% 396 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3716) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Lighting 76.7 Reflection 79.3 Parallax 79.8 62% 78.6 fps	MRender 68.5 Gravity 76.4 Splatting 70.3 59% 71.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 324 156 95 96 96 92 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Read 414 Write 375 Mixed 290 SusWrite 143 68% 305 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 37.8 156% 64.5 MB/s	DQ Read 347 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 319 244% 331 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 104%
Teelkoou NGFF 256GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 237GB free Firmware: T091 SusWrite @10s intervals: 329 400 395 393 396 394 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Read 472 Write 385 Mixed 342 SusWrite 384 89% 396 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 27.3 140% 58.5 MB/s	DQ Read 156 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 45.7 89% 173 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 94%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 1TB-$50 17,310 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 184GB free Firmware: CV23 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 129 129 129 130 130 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	Read 133 Write 135 Mixed 68 SusWrite 129 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 143% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 119%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$89 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 166GB free Firmware: CC1H SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 72 71 71 71 72 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	49.9% Average	Read 102 Write 103 Mixed 56.5 SusWrite 71.5 61% 83.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 163% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	62.2% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 19.9 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 20.1 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 63%

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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	3,400x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,671x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	459x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,247x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	561x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	407x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	414x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	306x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	209x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	379x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16