MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	105% 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	123% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	29.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150811
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 19 '18 at 03:23
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Memory 95.2 1-Core 116 2-Core 228 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 435 58% 432 Pts	64-Core 430 27% 430 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6180) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 153 Parallax 127 110% 138 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 133 Splatting 115 100% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 418GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 348 360 374 381 382 391 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 453 Write 440 Mixed 354 SusWrite 373 91% 405 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 63.8 213% 76.2 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 353 268% 360 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 98GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 351 359 362 356 355 314 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 455 Write 443 Mixed 384 SusWrite 350 92% 408 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 66.7 212% 77.6 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 362 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 134%
WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GB-$113 27,087 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 98GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 348 363 373 380 380 392 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 460 Write 448 Mixed 253 SusWrite 373 86% 383 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 31.7 147% 59.9 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 225 202% 307 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 116%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 782GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 132 134 134 133 135 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	Read 128 Write 126 Mixed 114 SusWrite 133 93% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 210% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 12,722 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	73.7% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 23.5 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 23.2 60% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 56.6 71% 56.6 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 80%

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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	3,380x
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