MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 51%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 44%
Speed boat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 80.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics61.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive121% 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.
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.
SystemMSI MS-7917
MotherboardMSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)  (all builds)
Memory12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160216
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 04 '17 at 20:36
Run Duration133 Seconds
Run User DNK-User
Background CPU7%

 PC Performing as expected (56th 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 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (53rd percentile)
80.4% Excellent
Memory 84
1-Core 120
2-Core 241
83% 148 Pts
4-Core 414
8-Core 651
66% 533 Pts
64-Core 651
40% 651 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 80.4%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD R9 390X-$340
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
61.1% Good
Lighting 76.5
Reflection 63.9
Parallax 93
62% 77.8 fps
MRender 64.2
Gravity 63.7
Splatting 81.9
58% 70 fps
Poor: 48%
This bench: 61.1%
Great: 57%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB
50GB free
Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown
Performing above expectations (68th percentile)
171% Outstanding
Read 988
Write 935
Mixed 965
215% 962 MB/s
4K Read 43.4
4K Write 106
4K Mixed 46
181% 65 MB/s
DQ Read 400
DQ Write 466
DQ Mixed 165
199% 344 MB/s
Poor: 82%
This bench: 171%
Great: 313%
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 120GB-$69
19GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing as expected (51st percentile)
121% Outstanding
Read 747
Write 164
Mixed 347
91% 419 MB/s
4K Read 39.9
4K Write 103
4K Mixed 52.3
182% 64.9 MB/s
DQ Read 585
DQ Write 542
DQ Mixed 158
230% 429 MB/s
Poor: 83%
This bench: 121%
Great: 185%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 4TB
775GB free
Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown
Performing way below expectations (18th percentile)
53% Above average
Read 79.8
Write 105
Mixed 92.6
70% 92.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.46
4K Write 1.75
4K Mixed 0.28
83% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 32%
This bench: 53%
Great: 134%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Dominator DHX DDR3 1333 C9 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz
Performing below potential (47th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
41.7% Average
MC Read 14.3
MC Write 14.8
MC Mixed 12.6
40% 13.9 GB/s
SC Read 11.4
SC Write 14.6
SC Mixed 13.7
38% 13.2 GB/s
Latency 73.5
54% 73.5 ns
Poor: 30%
This bench: 41.7%
Great: 54%

 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 6,761 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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