MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


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	98.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	115% 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	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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150528
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 27 '18 at 02:40
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	6%

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 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 89.3 1-Core 124 2-Core 252 86% 155 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 657 70% 558 Pts	64-Core 663 41% 663 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Gigabyte(1458 3794) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.1 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 142 Parallax 121 103% 130 fps	MRender 95.8 Gravity 125 Splatting 104 89% 108 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 377GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 290 371 455 303 298 296 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 313 Mixed 436 SusWrite 336 88% 394 MB/s	4K Read 40.9 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 56.5 192% 68.8 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 324 246% 329 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 129%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 36GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 280 51 44 45 49 39 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Read 455 Write 471 Mixed 358 SusWrite 84.6 76% 342 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 52.7 189% 67 MB/s	DQ Read 329 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 172 174% 281 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 108%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 23GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 488 Write 421 Mixed 339 92% 416 MB/s	4K Read 42.3 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 51.8 184% 65 MB/s	DQ Read 320 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 171 168% 266 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 87GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 251 278 306 309 309 308 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Read 482 Write 308 Mixed 275 SusWrite 294 76% 339 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 61.8 4K Mixed 24.5 99% 36.4 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 94.9 DQ Mixed 132 112% 168 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.4% Above average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 15.9 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 17 46% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 85%

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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	3,383x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,664x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	457x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,244x
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	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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Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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