MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% 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	109% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141223
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 02 '18 at 12:13
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	37%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Memory 88.4 1-Core 96.7 2-Core 214 76% 133 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 424 56% 420 Pts	64-Core 414 26% 414 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 150 Parallax 141 115% 144 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 135 Splatting 109 97% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 360 154 137 123 114 111 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 479 Mixed 378 SusWrite 166 85% 380 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 59.7 202% 71.8 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 362 272% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 124%
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 36GB free Firmware: 2.11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 91 92 89 92 91 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Read 175 Write 118 Mixed 129 SusWrite 91.3 29% 128 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 33.3 144% 56.8 MB/s	DQ Read 143 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 114 89% 123 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 61%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 314GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 70 71 71 70 71 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	44.8% Average	Read 85.2 Write 93.7 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 70.2 58% 77.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.9 179% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 83%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 331GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 85 84 85 84 85 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	66% Good	Read 146 Write 134 Mixed 81.5 SusWrite 84 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 201% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C8 4x2GB 107 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (60^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.1% Above average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 16.2 51% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 17.1 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 69.1 58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 52.1% 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