MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	110% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	161% 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.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 10 '19 at 16:13
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Memory 95.9 1-Core 130 2-Core 236 88% 154 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 648 64% 525 Pts	64-Core 650 40% 650 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% Sapphire(1DA2 E408) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.11.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 118 Parallax 258 112% 171 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 136 Splatting 153 113% 136 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 504 317 312 321 319 318 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	161% Outstanding	Read 733 Write 654 Mixed 644 SusWrite 348 133% 595 MB/s	4K Read 61 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 74.8 249% 83.4 MB/s	DQ Read 781 DQ Write 682 DQ Mixed 805 583% 756 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 161% Great: 280%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 87GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 378 425 435 432 442 440 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 483 Mixed 369 SusWrite 425 100% 445 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 98.9 4K Mixed 47.1 167% 60.6 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 350 267% 362 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 124%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 10GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 348 Write 189 Mixed 234 57% 257 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 95.4 4K Mixed 39.6 145% 54.6 MB/s	DQ Read 124 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 142 114% 158 MB/s
Poor: 41% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 88GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 123 127 123 126 124 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	69.8% Good	Read 119 Write 100 Mixed 69.7 SusWrite 124 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 157GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 83 86 86 87 86 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	50.1% Above average	Read 89.2 Write 82.2 Mixed 55.8 SusWrite 85.3 57% 78.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 170% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	MC Read 19.8 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 18.1 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 17.6 50% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 54.3 74% 54.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 63%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	3,377x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,661x
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	558x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	403x

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 $273	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 $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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