MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	14.8% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	134% 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.

Very high background CPU (85%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 24 '21 at 16:17
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	85%

PC Performing below expectations (36^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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 95.3 1-Core 87.2 2-Core 218 76% 134 Pts	4-Core 362 8-Core 560 57% 461 Pts	64-Core 587 36% 587 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 36AC) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1706 MHz, MLim: 1977 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 466.47 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	14.8% Very poor	Lighting 7.8 Reflection 1.4 Parallax 44 6% 17.7 fps	MRender 36.6 Gravity 41.7 Splatting 36.3 31% 38.2 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 14.8% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Viper M.2 VPN100 512GB 3,353 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 415GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM22.7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 542 549 415 417 432 423 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 526 Mixed 496 SusWrite 463 113% 500 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 48.4 166% 61.3 MB/s	DQ Read 778 DQ Write 707 DQ Mixed 846 607% 777 MB/s
Poor: 132% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 253%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 206GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 228 248 225 226 233 227 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Read 389 Write 375 Mixed 312 SusWrite 231 73% 327 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 77.9 4K Mixed 40.1 142% 50.3 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 356 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 124%
WD Se 1TB (2013)-$18 2,236 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 412GB free Firmware: 01.01M03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 123 112 115 118 118 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	56.8% Above average	Read 79.7 Write 75.3 Mixed 64.3 SusWrite 118 62% 84.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 201% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 104%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 572GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 104 94 100 101 100 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Read 125 Write 104 Mixed 99 SusWrite 100 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 180% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 76%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 908GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 78 76 90 91 91 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	47.5% Average	Read 79.7 Write 67 Mixed 49.5 SusWrite 85.3 52% 70.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 96%
Samsung FIT USB 3.0 64GB-$25 4,291 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 37GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 19 18 14 14 14 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	37.7% Below average	Read 107 Write 25.2 Mixed 47.7 SusWrite 16.9 54% 49.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.3 4K Write 5.7 4K Mixed 5 380% 5 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	68% Good	MC Read 24.4 MC Write 25 MC Mixed 20.9 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 22 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 56.1 71% 56.1 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 72%

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Typical Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) Builds (Compare 6,775 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	3,387x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,665x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	457x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,245x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	559x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	406x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	414x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	306x
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	206x

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Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $42	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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