MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 92.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	81.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	81.1% 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.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 15 '20 at 20:48
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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 4.5 GHz, turbo 5.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 94.4 2-Core 266 84% 153 Pts	4-Core 471 8-Core 706 73% 588 Pts	64-Core 704 44% 704 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.1% Excellent	Lighting 99.9 Reflection 113 Parallax 105 81% 106 fps	MRender 97 Gravity 96 Splatting 101 80% 98 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kf2510mcf 120G 120GB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: FW5.0.4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 124 122 123 128 128 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Read 420 Write 160 Mixed 205 SusWrite 126 50% 228 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 42.6 160% 61 MB/s	DQ Read 188 DQ Write 146 DQ Mixed 117 101% 151 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 81%
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$59 34,063 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 139GB free Firmware: SS0328D Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 269 562 628 623 361 549 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	170% Outstanding	Read 676 Write 615 Mixed 114 SusWrite 499 106% 476 MB/s	4K Read 62.3 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 79.9 270% 93.4 MB/s	DQ Read 776 DQ Write 518 DQ Mixed 483 405% 593 MB/s
Poor: 139% ↑ This bench: 170% Great: 271%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 335GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 79 78 80 81 80 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	44.9% Average	Read 76.7 Write 80.7 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 79.4 54% 72.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 69%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$45 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 355GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 121 121 121 121 121 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	55.2% Above average	Read 69.8 Write 101 Mixed 29 SusWrite 121 58% 80.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.9 353% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 20,216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 22.4 71% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 24.7 SC Mixed 22.9 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 48.4 83% 48.4 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 86%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	3,394x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,669x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	458x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,246x
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 $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	207x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	377x
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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16