MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 70%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 60%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 81.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics84.9% 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 Drive146% 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.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMSI MS-7917
MotherboardMSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)  (all builds)
Memory25.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit Farben, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160216
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 10 '19 at 18:09
Run Duration123 Seconds
Run User DEU-User
Background CPU 14%

 PC Performing as expected (53rd 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 above expectations (70th percentile)
81.5% Excellent
Memory 86.4
1-Core 130
2-Core 221
83% 146 Pts
4-Core 413
8-Core 642
65% 527 Pts
64-Core 656
41% 656 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 81.5%
Great: 87%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15
MSI(1462 7917) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
3.61% Terrible
Lighting 3.37
Reflection 5.92
Parallax 5.62
3% 4.97 fps
MRender 7.62
Gravity 2.6
Splatting 8.48
5% 6.23 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 3.61%
Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278
CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2207 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
84.9% Excellent
Lighting 107
Reflection 111
Parallax 95.5
87% 105 fps
MRender 96.9
Gravity 98.7
Splatting 98.2
80% 97.9 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 84.9%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250
116GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 551 553 532 544 548 550 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (11th percentile)
146% Outstanding
Read 727
Write 580
Mixed 440
SusWrite 546
128% 573 MB/s
4K Read 46.3
4K Write 111
4K Mixed 52.8
197% 70.1 MB/s
DQ Read 781
DQ Write 268
DQ Mixed 375
316% 475 MB/s
Poor: 131%
This bench: 146%
Great: 243%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$90
925GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 89 87 89 88 89 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (19th percentile)
56.2% Above average
Read 107
Write 105
Mixed 77
SusWrite 88.3
70% 94.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 1
188% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 46%
This bench: 56.2%
Great: 100%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing below potential (33rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
46.5% Average
MC Read 15.3
MC Write 17.9
MC Mixed 15
46% 16.1 GB/s
SC Read 11.3
SC Write 14.3
SC Mixed 12.7
36% 12.8 GB/s
Latency 71
56% 71 ns
Poor: 45%
This bench: 46.5%
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 6,852 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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