MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 114% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	131% 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	98.1% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	27.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141223
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '20 at 10:27
Run Duration	265 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 94.6 1-Core 131 2-Core 238 88% 154 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 660 68% 549 Pts	64-Core 664 41% 664 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 2471) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 184 Reflection 197 Parallax 182 150% 188 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 186 Splatting 124 118% 146 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 388GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 173 176 179 217 273 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	Read 445 Write 433 Mixed 340 SusWrite 197 79% 354 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 49.4 167% 62.4 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 358 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 134%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 458GB free Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 70 71 71 81 95 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	66.3% Good	Read 329 Write 225 Mixed 244 SusWrite 76.5 49% 219 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 93.5 4K Mixed 35.6 134% 51.5 MB/s	DQ Read 188 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 162 122% 163 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 121%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 304GB free Firmware: M0CR070 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 56 58 57 65 77 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	59% Above average	Read 322 Write 226 Mixed 236 SusWrite 61.9 47% 212 MB/s	4K Read 18.4 4K Write 79.4 4K Mixed 32.6 112% 43.5 MB/s	DQ Read 192 DQ Write 146 DQ Mixed 163 124% 167 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 99%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$376 4,705 User benchmarks, average bench 144% 443GB free Firmware: PSF121C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 419 428 427 435 328 168 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 537 Mixed 475 SusWrite 368 106% 468 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 41.8 150% 61.4 MB/s	DQ Read 615 DQ Write 475 DQ Mixed 488 381% 526 MB/s
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 246%
Sandisk S-2T00 2TB 3,189 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 1.5TB free Firmware: 411040RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 174 177 179 220 274 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Read 425 Write 428 Mixed 357 SusWrite 198 79% 352 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 25.6 126% 51.3 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 242 211% 315 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 120%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 53 54 55 64 74 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	48.6% Average	Read 111 Write 108 Mixed 82.4 SusWrite 58.2 66% 89.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 189% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 87%
WD WD120EMAZ-11BLFA0 12TB 255 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 6TB free Firmware: 81.00A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 169 169 171 173 170 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 54% Great: 114%
WD WD80EZAZ-11TDBA0 8TB 1,009 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 964GB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 112 114 114 111 114 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	64.2% Good	Read 109 Write 114 Mixed 71.2 SusWrite 114 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 1 273% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 105%
Asmt ASM1156-PM 1TB 1,239 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 813GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 108 109 109 108 109 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	63.6% Good	Read 113 Write 59.7 Mixed 69.9 SusWrite 109 65% 87.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 4x8GB 8,984 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	62.7% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 19.3 60% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 21 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 58.3 69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 63%

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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	3,379x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,662x
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	559x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	405x

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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Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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