MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	42.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	70.5% 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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	1.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150811
Uptime	5.7 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '19 at 10:28
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd 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 below expectations (28^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Memory 90.4 1-Core 101 2-Core 190 74% 127 Pts	4-Core 337 8-Core 478 51% 408 Pts	64-Core 587 36% 587 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	42.1% Average	Lighting 47.6 Reflection 85.1 Parallax 44.6 39% 59.1 fps	MRender 68 Gravity 47.6 Splatting 62.1 49% 59.3 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 27GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 629 Write 544 Mixed 533 127% 569 MB/s	4K Read 46.4 4K Write 93.9 4K Mixed 58 194% 66.1 MB/s	DQ Read 777 DQ Write 679 DQ Mixed 857 607% 771 MB/s
Poor: 160% Great: 280%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 35 32 32 31 31 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	Read 439 Write 418 Mixed 242 SusWrite 41.6 63% 285 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 67.9 4K Mixed 34.2 129% 44.9 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 94.2 108% 193 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 118%
OCZ AGILITY3 60GB 14,293 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 28GB free Firmware: 2.11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 58 58 58 59 60 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	44.7% Average	Read 167 Write 63 Mixed 88 SusWrite 57.7 21% 94 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 63.6 4K Mixed 26.2 102% 37.6 MB/s	DQ Read 82.8 DQ Write 65.8 DQ Mixed 72.4 55% 73.7 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 51%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 233GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 145 143 143 146 148 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Read 157 Write 121 Mixed 72 SusWrite 145 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	60.9% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 19.6 62% 21.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 17.1 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 72%

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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	3,380x
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