MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.4% 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	83.9% 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	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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	0.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150528
Uptime	5 Days
Run Date	Jan 29 '20 at 16:54
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 92.5 1-Core 128 2-Core 230 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 644 68% 543 Pts	64-Core 571 35% 571 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.4% Above average	Lighting 69.1 Reflection 69.2 Parallax 61.1 56% 66.5 fps	MRender 74 Gravity 63.9 Splatting 52.4 51% 63.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 276 167 129 153 128 127 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Read 487 Write 346 Mixed 46 SusWrite 163 57% 261 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 86 4K Mixed 37.6 134% 50 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 11 87% 200 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 103%
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 21GB free Firmware: MU02.6 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 481 Write 416 Mixed 390 96% 429 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 97.9 4K Mixed 43.8 155% 57.5 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 238 198% 282 MB/s
Poor: 55% Great: 91%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 335GB free Firmware: 2AR20002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 108 108 108 108 108 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	48.1% Average	Read 63.7 Write 40.3 Mixed 40.5 SusWrite 104 46% 62 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16JTF1G64AZ-1G6E1 1x8GB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	35.7% Below average	MC Read 12.1 MC Write 12.3 MC Mixed 10.5 33% 11.6 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 11.1 SC Mixed 9.2 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 36%

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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	3,392x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,666x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	457x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,245x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	559x
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	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	206x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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