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MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 121% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 101% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 90.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	135% 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	114% 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	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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	5.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 21 '22 at 15:23
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	EST-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Memory 95.3 1-Core 126 2-Core 228 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 678 71% 569 Pts	64-Core 676 42% 676 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 516.40 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Lighting 190 Reflection 199 Parallax 210 155% 200 fps	MRender 141 Gravity 196 Splatting 119 121% 152 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 279 155 147 147 147 145 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 491 Mixed 379 SusWrite 170 86% 386 MB/s	4K Read 47.4 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 62.9 217% 77.5 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 351 DQ Mixed 360 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 115%
Kingston SSDNow V300 480GB-$250 15,510 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 93GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 168 176 183 181 159 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	57% Above average	Read 341 Write 214 Mixed 245 SusWrite 168 54% 242 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 21.2 4K Mixed 24.6 86% 24.8 MB/s	DQ Read 214 DQ Write 79.5 DQ Mixed 112 92% 135 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 65%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$74 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 770GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 150 150 150 150 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 152 Mixed 110 SusWrite 149 106% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1 217% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 6,948 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	71.2% Very good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 25.9 MC Mixed 21.9 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 23.2 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 56.1 71% 56.1 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 71%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	3,523x
Core i5-4690KIntel $59Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,720x
Core i7-4790Intel $69Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	477x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,308x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	579x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	416x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	428x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	314x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	213x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	386x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	259x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	211x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

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