MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 80.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	38.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	115% 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.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141223
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '20 at 16:36
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	CUB-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Memory 87.9 1-Core 111 2-Core 222 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 588 61% 491 Pts	64-Core 584 36% 584 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380X-$120 20,573 User benchmarks, average bench 38% Gigabyte(1458 22C8) CLim: 980 MHz, MLim: 1425 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.10.2 Performing below potential (69^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	38.4% Below average	Lighting 49 Reflection 50.9 Parallax 59.4 40% 53.1 fps	MRender 50 Gravity 47.2 Splatting 36.2 36% 44.4 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 40%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 250GB-$40 77,177 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 423 430 440 434 432 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 477 Write 432 Mixed 416 SusWrite 425 98% 437 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 96.4 4K Mixed 52.5 172% 61.4 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 274 229% 332 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 123%
Kingston RBUSNS8154P3128GJ 128GB 18,233 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 118GB free Firmware: E8FK11.C SusWrite @10s intervals: 425 138 137 139 138 139 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 377 Mixed 470 SusWrite 186 85% 381 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 94.3 4K Mixed 45.1 162% 58.5 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 464 DQ Mixed 334 274% 387 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 115%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 626GB free Firmware: CC34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 61 61 63 62 61 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	42.5% Average	Read 86.2 Write 77.2 Mixed 51.5 SusWrite 61.6 51% 69.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 61%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 803GB free Firmware: CC34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 82 81 84 86 82 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	42.3% Average	Read 64.7 Write 50.5 Mixed 39 SusWrite 82.5 43% 59.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 2,134 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.1% Above average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.2 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 16.7 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 50.1% 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	3,377x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,661x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	457x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,240x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	558x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	403x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	414x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	305x
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	205x

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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 $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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