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MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 45% 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	86.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	51.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141223
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 27 '19 at 18:37
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	28%

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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 i5-4690K-$54 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	67.1% Good	Memory 80.6 1-Core 90.6 2-Core 183 68% 118 Pts	4-Core 310 8-Core 314 42% 312 Pts	64-Core 317 20% 317 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.2 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 112 Parallax 105 90% 109 fps	MRender 95.7 Gravity 99.5 Splatting 100 81% 98.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
V Series SATA SSD 120GB 3,411 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: V3.10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 253 317 225 59 125 47 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	51.2% Above average	Read 371 Write 354 Mixed 267 SusWrite 171 65% 291 MB/s	4K Read 18.6 4K Write 51.5 4K Mixed 9.6 68% 26.6 MB/s	DQ Read 74.2 DQ Write 217 DQ Mixed 15.6 49% 102 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 85%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 3TB 8,194 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 186 188 186 184 188 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 157 Mixed 81.7 SusWrite 187 113% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 16GB 360 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.2% Average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 15.3 47% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 17.3 SC Mixed 16 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 79.4 50% 79.4 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 63%

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Typical Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) Builds (Compare 7,065 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	3,549x
Core i5-4690KIntel $54Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,728x
Core i7-4790Intel $115Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	477x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,311x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	586x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	419x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	428x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	314x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	213x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	387x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	260x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	212x

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