MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 55% Gunboat	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (20th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 80 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 47.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	73.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	21.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 23 '21 at 13:22
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing way below expectations (20^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 0.75 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	47.9% Average	Memory 84.5 1-Core 15.1 2-Core 42.5 36% 47.4 Pts	4-Core 64.8 8-Core 99.2 10% 82 Pts	64-Core 107 7% 107 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8593) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.00 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.3% Very good	Lighting 83.3 Reflection 49.4 Parallax 78.6 68% 70.4 fps	MRender 57.6 Gravity 133 Splatting 109 84% 100 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 320 Series 120GB-$89 9,651 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 69GB free Firmware: 4PC10362 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 133 119 95 122 133 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	43.2% Average	Read 247 Write 129 Mixed 142 SusWrite 123 36% 160 MB/s	4K Read 19 4K Write 29.3 4K Mixed 20.5 71% 22.9 MB/s	DQ Read 111 DQ Write 66.5 DQ Mixed 61.2 53% 79.6 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 48%
Toshiba MC04ACA200E 2TB 72 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 626GB free (System drive) Firmware: FP1A SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 70 90 48 90 84 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	54.6% Above average	Read 112 Write 120 Mixed 57.1 SusWrite 77.8 67% 91.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1.1 206% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 3x8GB 1,140 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 3 of 4 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	23.3% Poor	MC Read 7 MC Write 10.4 MC Mixed 5 21% 7.47 GB/s	SC Read 2.1 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 4.4 14% 4.83 GB/s	Latency 72.6 55% 72.6 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 23.3% Great: 70%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	3,404x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,673x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	459x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,250x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	561x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	407x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	414x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	306x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	209x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	379x
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 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16