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MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Yacht	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 36% 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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	46.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	191% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	6.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Mar 30 '22 at 17:44
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

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-$43 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 98.2 1-Core 111 2-Core 221 83% 143 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 427 59% 435 Pts	64-Core 436 27% 436 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 512.15 Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	46.6% Average	Lighting 55.7 Reflection 69.6 Parallax 61.5 45% 62.3 fps	MRender 68.2 Gravity 59.2 Splatting 54.4 49% 60.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 54%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$113 327,441 User benchmarks, average bench 385% 262GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 561 597 635 641 641 642 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	191% Outstanding	Read 663 Write 645 Mixed 665 SusWrite 620 146% 648 MB/s	4K Read 71.1 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 92.8 297% 99.1 MB/s	DQ Read 780 DQ Write 705 DQ Mixed 1,205 777% 897 MB/s
Poor: 266% ↑ This bench: 191% Great: 477%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 9,994 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	61.8% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 18.3 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 14.5 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 44.9 89% 44.9 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 62%

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Typical Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) Builds (Compare 7,119 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	3,580x
Core i5-4690KIntel $43Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,740x
Core i7-4790Intel $115Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	481x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,324x
GTX 1070Nvidia $200Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	593x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	422x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	431x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	314x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	215x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	390x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	267x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	213x

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Total price: $648

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