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MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	87.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150528
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Nov 01 '20 at 21:38
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$110 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	79% Very good	Memory 90.6 1-Core 115 2-Core 220 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 364 8-Core 600 59% 482 Pts	64-Core 594 37% 594 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.09 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 115 Parallax 110 90% 112 fps	MRender 98.5 Gravity 104 Splatting 100 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 1TB-$80 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 476 Write 393 Mixed 338 89% 402 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 87.7 4K Mixed 37.3 138% 51.4 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 274 227% 326 MB/s
Poor: 75% Great: 125%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB-$80 27,325 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 246GB free Firmware: SD1A SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 102 104 104 104 104 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	55.9% Above average	Read 91.5 Write 93.8 Mixed 47.8 SusWrite 103 61% 84 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 180% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 59%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 123GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 54 56 55 54 54 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	41.7% Average	Read 90.7 Write 91.3 Mixed 63.3 SusWrite 54.3 55% 74.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 124% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-054.A00LF 9905471-084.A01LF 16GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.4% Below average	MC Read 11.3 MC Write 10.6 MC Mixed 8.6 29% 10.2 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 11.1 SC Mixed 10.3 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 61%

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Typical Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) Builds (Compare 7,133 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	3,586x
Core i5-4690KIntel $43Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,742x
Core i7-4790Intel $110Bench 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

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
Intel Core i5-13600K $210	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $380	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $82
Intel Core i5-12400F $111	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $370