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MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	74.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	59.7% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '21 at 19:54
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4.6 GHz, turbo 5.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 132 2-Core 264 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 534 8-Core 728 80% 631 Pts	64-Core 733 45% 733 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$234 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Asus(1043 872C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	Lighting 92.2 Reflection 93.1 Parallax 86.3 75% 90.5 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 82.3 Splatting 74.7 72% 90.4 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$36 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 96 86 92 83 85 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	Read 302 Write 123 Mixed 163 SusWrite 86.8 37% 169 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 95.9 4K Mixed 29.6 123% 49.5 MB/s	DQ Read 93.9 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 68.7 63% 94.7 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 73%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 240GB 329 User benchmarks, average bench 126% 116GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 61 60 60 60 60 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	36.1% Below average	Read 64.9 Write 65.7 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 60.2 40% 54.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 171% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 245%
SAMSUNG HD502HJ 500GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 54GB free, PID 2352 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 37 42 42 42 42 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	25.3% Poor	Read 39.9 Write 41.3 Mixed 36 SusWrite 40.7 54% 39.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 1.1 156% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 25.3% Great: 25%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	MC Read 31.6 MC Write 32.4 MC Mixed 26.9 87% 30.3 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 27.5 72% 25.4 GB/s	Latency 51.2 78% 51.2 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 88%

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

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Typical Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) Builds (Compare 7,114 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	3,577x
Core i5-4690KIntel $54Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,738x
Core i7-4790Intel $115Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	481x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,322x
GTX 1070Nvidia $200Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	593x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	421x

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	390x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	267x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	213x

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