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MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	106% 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	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141223
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Apr 06 '21 at 00:16
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$43 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Memory 95.7 1-Core 116 2-Core 227 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 456 61% 458 Pts	64-Core 438 27% 438 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$200 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.1% Very good	Lighting 97.1 Reflection 110 Parallax 99.8 79% 102 fps	MRender 96 Gravity 96.2 Splatting 97.4 79% 96.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 230 183 148 133 148 147 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 483 Mixed 369 SusWrite 165 85% 379 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 55.8 192% 67.3 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 354 268% 360 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 115%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$34 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 792GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 161 163 164 165 166 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 164 Mixed 106 SusWrite 158 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 252% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 2,161 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	71% Very good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 22.8 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 23.4 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 54.8 73% 54.8 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 71%

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Typical Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) Builds (Compare 7,119 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	3,580x
Core i5-4690KIntel $43Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,740x
Core i7-4790Intel $115Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	481x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,324x
GTX 1070Nvidia $200Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	593x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	422x

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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

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