MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 60%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
SystemMSI MS-7917
MotherboardMSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)  (all builds)
Memory25 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20150811
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 25 '18 at 20:09
Run Duration117 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU5%

 PC Performing as expected (51st 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
Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)
80.6% Excellent
Memory 95.5
1-Core 93.4
2-Core 182
74% 124 Pts
4-Core 355
8-Core 587
58% 471 Pts
64-Core 630
39% 630 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 80.6%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.94
Performing below potential (19th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
89.4% Excellent
Lighting 109
Reflection 140
Parallax 135
89% 128 fps
MRender 98
Gravity 127
Splatting 106
90% 110 fps
Poor: 86%
This bench: 89.4%
Great: 101%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230
1.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC45
SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 163 163 169 172 176 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
94.5% Outstanding
Read 160
Write 180
Mixed 26
SusWrite 168
96% 134 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 5.3
4K Mixed 1.7
329% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 44%
This bench: 94.5%
Great: 94%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
240GB free
Firmware: 80.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 121 120 119 119 121 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (15th percentile)
64.6% Good
Read 104
Write 100
Mixed 72
SusWrite 120
73% 99.1 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 1
205% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 64.6%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz
Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)
66.4% Good
MC Read 23.4
MC Write 24.6
MC Mixed 20.4
65% 22.8 GB/s
SC Read 16.5
SC Write 22.7
SC Mixed 21.5
58% 20.2 GB/s
Latency 55.6
72% 55.6 ns
Poor: 39%
This bench: 66.4%
Great: 80%

 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 6,772 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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