MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 100% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	113% 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	44.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140627
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 08 '18 at 17:38
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	34%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 97.5 1-Core 131 2-Core 226 88% 151 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 645 65% 530 Pts	64-Core 675 42% 675 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 1B80) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2627 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Lighting 151 Reflection 145 Parallax 138 123% 144 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 145 Splatting 113 102% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Chronos Deluxe 60GB-$65 100 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: 580ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 54 65 58 66 64 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	44.8% Average	Read 332 Write 64.3 Mixed 112 SusWrite 61.3 31% 142 MB/s	4K Read 15.3 4K Write 51.5 4K Mixed 22.1 79% 29.6 MB/s	DQ Read 82.3 DQ Write 70.3 DQ Mixed 33.6 37% 62.1 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 70%
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 123GB free Firmware: X31200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 230 183 204 175 60 71 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	65.4% Good	Read 419 Write 318 Mixed 248 SusWrite 154 64% 285 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 67.2 4K Mixed 24.8 104% 38.7 MB/s	DQ Read 155 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 82.4 88% 144 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 82 90 92 90 90 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	62.6% Good	Read 130 Write 140 Mixed 54.4 SusWrite 88.1 75% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.5 95% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL11-13-13 D3-2400 4x4GB 70 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	MC Read 32.3 MC Write 32.1 MC Mixed 27.2 87% 30.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 27.7 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 48.1 83% 48.1 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 87%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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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	1,670x
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 $80Bench 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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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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16