MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	56% 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	75% 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 (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150528
Uptime	3.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '21 at 20:36
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	52%

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PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 111 2-Core 218 78% 138 Pts	4-Core 354 8-Core 416 50% 385 Pts	64-Core 412 26% 412 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3720) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	56% Above average	Lighting 69.5 Reflection 70.9 Parallax 66.6 57% 69 fps	MRender 64.8 Gravity 70.3 Splatting 65.8 55% 67 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 120GB-$70 6,931 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 176 182 184 158 97 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	75% Very good	Read 381 Write 179 Mixed 228 SusWrite 160 53% 237 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 74.8 4K Mixed 37.2 130% 46.8 MB/s	DQ Read 248 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 16.3 66% 149 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 89%
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$73 171,271 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 399GB free Firmware: P3CR013 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 480 535 608 622 535 88 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	152% Outstanding	Read 709 Write 634 Mixed 596 SusWrite 478 136% 604 MB/s	4K Read 51.1 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 65.4 218% 74.8 MB/s	DQ Read 686 DQ Write 511 DQ Mixed 272 292% 490 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 152% Great: 295%
WD WD5000AZLX-00K4KA0 500GB 44,506 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 169GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 112 111 109 111 111 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	66.3% Good	Read 120 Write 110 Mixed 69.7 SusWrite 111 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 192% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 104%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 16GB 75 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 10GB free, PID 006a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 8.1 7.7 7.7 8.9 7.6 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	5.58% Terrible	Read 20.2 Write 10 Mixed 6 SusWrite 8.5 13% 11.2 MB/s	4K Read 2.1 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.6 32% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.58% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 10,150 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 18 59% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 19.1 51% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 72.1 55% 72.1 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 63%

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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	3,384x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,665x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	457x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,245x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	559x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	406x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	414x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	306x
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	206x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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