MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 104%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 80%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 81.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics125% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive156% 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.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMSI MS-7917
MotherboardMSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)  (all builds)
Memory5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20141223
Uptime1 Days
Run DateSep 11 '18 at 16:02
Run Duration111 Seconds
Run User FRA-User
Background CPU 17%

 PC Performing above expectations (67th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
81.8% Excellent
Memory 96.3
1-Core 108
2-Core 197
79% 134 Pts
4-Core 389
8-Core 394
52% 392 Pts
64-Core 402
25% 402 Pts
Poor: 51%
This bench: 81.8%
Great: 79%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
Gigabyte(1458 374C) ≥ 4GB; GV-N10800TGAMING-11GD, Gigabyte
CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 399.7
Performing below potential (59th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
125% Outstanding
Lighting 174
Reflection 191
Parallax 192
142% 186 fps
MRender 121
Gravity 170
Splatting 121
111% 137 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 125%
Great: 133%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
176GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXZ74H0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 541 558 563 537 526 520 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (13th percentile)
156% Outstanding
Read 599
Write 520
Mixed 432
SusWrite 541
118% 523 MB/s
4K Read 47.3
4K Write 121
4K Mixed 63.5
217% 77.3 MB/s
DQ Read 781
DQ Write 644
DQ Mixed 942
642% 789 MB/s
Poor: 134%
This bench: 156%
Great: 292%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2200 MHz
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
79% Very good
MC Read 29.5
MC Write 30.5
MC Mixed 24.4
80% 28.1 GB/s
SC Read 18.9
SC Write 19.5
SC Mixed 24.5
60% 21 GB/s
Latency 52.8
76% 52.8 ns
Poor: 28%
This bench: 79%
Great: 62%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) Builds (Compare 6,771 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $648
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