MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	92.4% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 27 '19 at 04:31
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1275 v3 384 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 94.7 1-Core 110 2-Core 219 82% 141 Pts	4-Core 361 8-Core 563 57% 462 Pts	64-Core 573 36% 573 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	92.4% Outstanding	Lighting 112 Reflection 124 Parallax 96.3 91% 111 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 129 Splatting 109 96% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 392GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 252 328 413 419 433 434 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 454 Write 428 Mixed 354 SusWrite 380 91% 404 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 60 201% 71.7 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 362 268% 353 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 131%
Mushkin Reactor 1TB-$50 9,565 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 750GB free Firmware: N1007C SusWrite @10s intervals: 249 320 405 416 421 420 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	Read 473 Write 397 Mixed 303 SusWrite 372 87% 386 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 42.2 146% 57.3 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 292 DQ Mixed 199 173% 254 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 105%
WD Gold 8TB (128MB Cache 2016)-$103 288 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 7.5TB free Firmware: 01.01H01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 182 209 208 200 198 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 205 Write 216 Mixed 85.9 SusWrite 197 128% 176 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 0.8 194% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 115%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 656GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 82 82 82 82 82 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	59.9% Above average	Read 126 Write 119 Mixed 89.2 SusWrite 81.9 77% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 205% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 22,320 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	60.8% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.5 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 19.6 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 58 69% 58 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 63%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	3,384x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,665x
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	406x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	414x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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