MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 77%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 63%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics89.4% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
SystemMSI MS-7917
MotherboardMSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)  (all builds)
Memory10 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160216
Uptime0.6 Days
Run DateSep 02 '17 at 15:10
Run Duration97 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU6%
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 PC Performing above expectations (64th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
91.9% Outstanding
Memory 91.3
1-Core 133
2-Core 257
90% 160 Pts
4-Core 501
8-Core 698
76% 599 Pts
64-Core 675
42% 675 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 91.9%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.94
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
89.4% Excellent
Lighting 115
Reflection 115
Parallax 99.3
94% 110 fps
MRender 96.8
Gravity 99.4
Splatting 99.7
81% 98.6 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 89.4%
Great: 88%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95
362GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC3C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (51st percentile)
60.3% Good
Read 117
Write 93.4
Mixed 93.8
76% 101 MB/s
4K Read 0.25
4K Write 0.88
4K Mixed 0.28
58% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 38%
This bench: 60.3%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 16G-D3-1600-MR 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing below potential (5th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
27.4% Poor
MC Read 8.4
MC Write 8.9
MC Mixed 7.6
24% 8.3 GB/s
SC Read 8.8
SC Write 9.6
SC Mixed 7.7
25% 8.7 GB/s
Latency 65.3
61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 28%
This bench: 27.4%
Great: 61%

 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 6,763 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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