MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	109% 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	76.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	20.9 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 28 '19 at 13:53
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 93.9 1-Core 125 2-Core 232 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 655 67% 540 Pts	64-Core 664 41% 664 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Nvidia(10DE 1E84) ≥ 4GB; CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 440.97 Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	109% Outstanding	Lighting 159 Reflection 149 Parallax 151 130% 153 fps	MRender 188 Gravity 135 Splatting 0.09 76% 108 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD PLUS 480GB 5,109 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 109GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z31000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 265 296 142 69 88 59 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	76.4% Very good	Read 444 Write 423 Mixed 315 SusWrite 153 75% 334 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 59.9 4K Mixed 32.4 111% 39 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 248 210% 307 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 108%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 225GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 213 224 239 237 240 239 MB/s Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	85.9% Excellent	Read 262 Write 248 Mixed 236 SusWrite 232 55% 245 MB/s	4K Read 40 4K Write 88.6 4K Mixed 48.5 170% 59 MB/s	DQ Read 199 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 194 146% 195 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 124%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$60 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 537GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 146 135 166 170 157 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 176 Mixed 21.3 SusWrite 155 94% 131 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.5 140% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 1302 1866 CL10 Series 1302 1866 CL10 Series 24GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1333, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.2% Good	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 18.5 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 22.8 SC Mixed 19.8 56% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 60 67% 60 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 60%

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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	3,431x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,686x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	465x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,267x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	567x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	409x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	417x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	307x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	209x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	381x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	248x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	208x

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