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MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	115% 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	90.9% 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	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141223
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '20 at 04:29
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 91.2 1-Core 132 2-Core 253 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 657 65% 531 Pts	64-Core 662 41% 662 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$387 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% EVGA(3842 3071) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	115% Outstanding	Lighting 152 Reflection 143 Parallax 153 124% 149 fps	MRender 186 Gravity 131 Splatting 105 111% 141 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 108GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 278 232 239 232 226 225 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Read 436 Write 328 Mixed 301 SusWrite 239 73% 326 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 42 156% 59.6 MB/s	DQ Read 176 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 151 141% 214 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 97%
Toshiba HDWD110 480GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 142GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 350 225 181 301 307 448 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	41.7% Average	Read 31.7 Write 106 Mixed 23.3 SusWrite 302 27% 116 MB/s	4K Read 7.1 4K Write 47.8 4K Mixed 9.6 48% 21.5 MB/s	DQ Read 6.9 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 56.1 78% 133 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 28,220 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.7% Above average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 18.8 MC Mixed 15.7 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 18.8 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 65.4 61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 61%

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Typical Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) Builds (Compare 7,140 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	3,593x
Core i5-4690KIntel $43Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,742x
Core i7-4790Intel $104Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	482x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,327x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	593x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	423x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	431x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	314x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	215x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	392x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	268x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	213x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

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