MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.2% 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	115% 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	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.

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	4 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141223
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	May 31 '21 at 12:33
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 108 2-Core 216 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 577 63% 500 Pts	64-Core 583 36% 583 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84.6% 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 (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.2% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 109 Parallax 111 84% 108 fps	MRender 92.4 Gravity 99.2 Splatting 94.6 78% 95.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 88%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Vaseky V900/1TB 1TB 33 User benchmarks, average bench 185% 182GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2009XKR SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 470 528 199 323 156 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 624 Write 554 Mixed 507 SusWrite 304 111% 497 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 19.7 154% 64.5 MB/s	DQ Read 743 DQ Write 491 DQ Mixed 390 352% 541 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 292%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 12GB 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	45.5% Average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 15.8 MC Mixed 12.9 43% 15 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 16.8 SC Mixed 15.2 43% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns

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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	3,446x
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 $94Bench 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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Total price: $648

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