MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 84%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 65%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics108% 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 Drive137% 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.
Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMSI MS-7917
MotherboardMSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)  (all builds)
Memory12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit kolorów
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160216
Uptime0.6 Days
Run DateAug 11 '19 at 09:14
Run Duration125 Seconds
Run User POL-User
Background CPU 13%
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 PC Performing above expectations (61st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
76.9% Very good
Memory 91.8
1-Core 110
2-Core 214
80% 138 Pts
4-Core 347
8-Core 422
50% 384 Pts
64-Core 384
24% 384 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 76.9%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.60
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
108% Outstanding
Lighting 142
Reflection 150
Parallax 128
116% 140 fps
MRender 114
Gravity 138
Splatting 109
98% 120 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 108%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250
104GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 470 474 502 464 459 455 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
137% Outstanding
Read 678
Write 562
Mixed 405
SusWrite 471
118% 529 MB/s
4K Read 38.8
4K Write 110
4K Mixed 54.5
187% 67.9 MB/s
DQ Read 777
DQ Write 249
DQ Mixed 376
313% 468 MB/s
Poor: 131%
This bench: 137%
Great: 243%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30
370GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 124 125 124 124 124 MB/s
Performing below expectations (29th percentile)
73.1% Very good
Read 130
Write 119
Mixed 91.3
SusWrite 124
86% 116 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 1
197% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 73.1%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown CL11-11-11 D3-1600 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
60.3% Good
MC Read 21.6
MC Write 22.5
MC Mixed 18
59% 20.7 GB/s
SC Read 17.3
SC Write 20.3
SC Mixed 18.9
54% 18.8 GB/s
Latency 64.4
62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 39%
This bench: 60.3%
Great: 60%

 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 6,764 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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HDDRAMUSB
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