MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	82.7% 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	88.7% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 (63%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	7 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141223
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 26 '21 at 14:28
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	63%

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PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	71.1% Very good	Memory 88.3 1-Core 107 2-Core 198 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 292 8-Core 440 45% 366 Pts	64-Core 545 34% 545 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3773) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.7% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 110 Parallax 101 84% 105 fps	MRender 94.2 Gravity 102 Splatting 97.1 80% 97.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Vaseky V900/1TB 1TB 33 User benchmarks, average bench 185% 114GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2009XKR SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 248 353 388 239 304 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Read 654 Write 434 Mixed 150 SusWrite 289 84% 382 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 47.7 4K Mixed 9.8 95% 31.7 MB/s	DQ Read 740 DQ Write 85.6 DQ Mixed 130 167% 318 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 292%
Generic Flash Disk 16GB 18,883 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 14GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5 9 7.4 8.7 8 7.9 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	2.77% Terrible	Read 2.5 Write 2.5 Mixed 3 SusWrite 7.6 6% 3.9 MB/s	4K Read 3.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 12% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.77% Great: 8%
Generic- Multi-Card 32GB 109 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 22GB free, PID 0150 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 39 39 38 38 38 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	22.5% Poor	Read 38.2 Write 38 Mixed 32.2 SusWrite 37.2 50% 36.4 MB/s	4K Read 7.4 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 3.5 225% 4.4 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 22.5% Great: 24%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 12GB 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	42.8% Average	MC Read 14.9 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 12.9 40% 14.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 14.4 SC Mixed 14.6 39% 13.6 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns

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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	3,445x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,688x
Core i7-4790Intel $132Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	469x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,272x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	569x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	409x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	418x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	309x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	210x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	382x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	249x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	210x

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