MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	12.7% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	119% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 12 '19 at 06:02
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	36%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	77% Very good	Memory 96.2 1-Core 106 2-Core 132 71% 111 Pts	4-Core 313 8-Core 494 50% 404 Pts	64-Core 580 36% 580 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GT 1030 185,384 User benchmarks, average bench 14% MSI(1462 8C98) 2GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 525 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	12.7% Very poor	Lighting 16 Reflection 13.9 Parallax 14.5 13% 14.8 fps	MRender 6.1 Gravity 17.1 Splatting 18.7 12% 14 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.7% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 500GB 35,237 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 361GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT22B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 404 462 448 443 387 297 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 482 Mixed 458 SusWrite 407 104% 464 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 99 4K Mixed 55.7 186% 65.3 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 356 268% 357 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 126%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 112GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 341 156 156 156 156 155 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 449 Write 439 Mixed 384 SusWrite 187 82% 365 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 98.3 4K Mixed 52.9 187% 65.1 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 350 266% 357 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 115%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$30 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 761GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 186 186 188 186 182 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 175 Mixed 36.7 SusWrite 179 105% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.5 124% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 107%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 4GB 1,175 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 4GB free, PID 1607 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9 9.4 9.4 9.3 9.2 9 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	6.46% Terrible	Read 19.3 Write 8.5 Mixed 7.8 SusWrite 9.2 13% 11.2 MB/s	4K Read 7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 26% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.46% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 6,144 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	MC Read 30.6 MC Write 32 MC Mixed 26 84% 29.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 24 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 53.2 75% 53.2 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 86%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	3,379x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,662x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	457x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,240x
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	305x
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	205x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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