MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 94.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	99.5% 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	74.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 31 '20 at 03:02
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.5 GHz, turbo 5.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Memory 98.2 1-Core 135 2-Core 269 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 532 8-Core 508 70% 520 Pts	64-Core 534 33% 534 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Asus(1043 8623) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 142 Parallax 133 104% 134 fps	MRender 98.2 Gravity 128 Splatting 108 91% 111 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: 605ABBF2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 110 102 102 111 103 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Read 354 Write 151 Mixed 175 SusWrite 104 43% 196 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 42.2 156% 59.7 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 151 DQ Mixed 110 90% 126 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 75%
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 9GB free Firmware: DC32 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 388 Write 282 Mixed 282 70% 317 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 43 168% 62.9 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 150 142% 224 MB/s
Poor: 54% Great: 91%
WDS100T3XHC-00SJG0 1TB 15,624 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 931GB free Firmware: 102000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 675 690 693 683 689 689 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	175% Outstanding	Read 698 Write 690 Mixed 686 SusWrite 687 156% 690 MB/s	4K Read 46 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 68 230% 83.8 MB/s	DQ Read 776 DQ Write 746 DQ Mixed 1,060 714% 861 MB/s
Poor: 194% ↑ This bench: 175% Great: 334%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C10 4x4GB 418 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2000 MHz clocked @ 2200 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	MC Read 31.6 MC Write 32.2 MC Mixed 27.3 87% 30.4 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 28.7 73% 25.6 GB/s	Latency 45 89% 45 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 86%

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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	3,380x
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	1,241x
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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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