MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 77%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 94%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 60%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics82.3% 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 Drive110% 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.
Memory24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.
High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMSI MS-7917
MotherboardMSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)  (all builds)
Memory19.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160216
Uptime3.2 Days
Run DateAug 20 '19 at 02:09
Run Duration144 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 23%
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 PC Performing above expectations (69th 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 4.5 GHz, turbo 5.75 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
91.5% Outstanding
Memory 94.4
1-Core 130
2-Core 259
90% 161 Pts
4-Core 513
8-Core 505
68% 509 Pts
64-Core 499
31% 499 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 91.5%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.35
Performing below potential (73rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
82.3% Excellent
Lighting 102
Reflection 110
Parallax 103
84% 105 fps
MRender 96.1
Gravity 96.9
Splatting 99.5
80% 97.5 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 82.3%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX7000 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$155
272GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CB1.1.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 510 488 351 18 327 138 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (18th percentile)
110% Outstanding
Read 444
Write 537
Mixed 473
SusWrite 305
99% 440 MB/s
4K Read 26.2
4K Write 124
4K Mixed 48.2
167% 66 MB/s
DQ Read 489
DQ Write 510
DQ Mixed 505
378% 501 MB/s
Poor: 95%
This bench: 110%
Great: 142%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 960GB
270GB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 425 466 529 558 237 414 MB/s
Performing above expectations (66th percentile)
126% Outstanding
Read 1,025
Write 855
Mixed 462
SusWrite 438
155% 695 MB/s
4K Read 27.3
4K Write 79
4K Mixed 34
127% 46.8 MB/s
DQ Read 277
DQ Write 593
DQ Mixed 253
244% 374 MB/s
Poor: 54%
This bench: 126%
Great: 291%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30
657GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 167 166 170 169 168 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
105% Outstanding
Read 198
Write 154
Mixed 86.2
SusWrite 167
111% 151 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 1.2
238% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 105%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown Dark-1600 0420 F3-14900CL9-4GBXL 0423 Dark-1600 0420 F3-14900CL9-4GBXL 24GB
1600, 1867, 1600, 1867 MHz
8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
62.4% Good
MC Read 21.5
MC Write 22.7
MC Mixed 19.4
61% 21.2 GB/s
SC Read 17.2
SC Write 23.1
SC Mixed 19.5
57% 19.9 GB/s
Latency 58.9
68% 58.9 ns
Poor: 62%
This bench: 62.4%
Great: 64%

 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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