MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% 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	96.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). 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	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141106
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Dec 06 '20 at 13:32
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 122 2-Core 257 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 652 67% 538 Pts	64-Core 668 41% 668 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% MSI(1462 3734) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	106% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 118 Parallax 148 107% 132 fps	MRender 180 Gravity 126 Splatting 105 108% 137 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 303 296 292 284 276 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Read 452 Write 431 Mixed 343 SusWrite 273 84% 375 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 41.7 147% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 355 268% 358 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 124%
Crucial MX500 250GB-$39 77,177 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 11GB free Firmware: M3CR023 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 449 Write 415 Mixed 407 95% 424 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 47.3 162% 60.7 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 110 150% 276 MB/s
Poor: 73% Great: 123%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 105GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 89 89 92 91 91 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	Read 114 Write 105 Mixed 72.6 SusWrite 88.9 70% 95.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 143% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 83%
Corsair Voyager GT 16GB 34 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 11GB free, PID 1a90 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.4 18 19 19 19 18 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	13.3% Very poor	Read 35.4 Write 17.8 Mixed 13.3 SusWrite 16.8 25% 20.8 MB/s	4K Read 7.5 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 1.8 120% 3.4 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 13.3% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 1600 C7 2x8GB 2,105 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1800 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	65.3% Good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 23.8 MC Mixed 19 64% 22.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 20.3 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 75%

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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	3,402x
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	1,249x
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 $94Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $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