MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 99%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 77%
Battleship
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.
Graphics124% 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 Drive205% 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.
Run History
SystemMSI MS-7917
MotherboardMSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)  (all builds)
Memory11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20141223
Uptime8.4 Days
Run DateNov 05 '19 at 11:17
Run Duration112 Seconds
Run User USA-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 i5-4690K-$53
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
80.4% Excellent
Memory 88.2
1-Core 113
2-Core 223
80% 141 Pts
4-Core 418
8-Core 433
56% 426 Pts
64-Core 432
27% 432 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 80.4%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
MSI(1462 3607) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 441.8
Performing below potential (55th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
124% Outstanding
Lighting 171
Reflection 187
Parallax 172
139% 177 fps
MRender 122
Gravity 175
Splatting 122
113% 139 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 124%
Great: 133%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
HP EX920 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$116
379GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SVN139B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 695 864 193 185 201 336 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (18th percentile)
205% Outstanding
Read 1,063
Write 1,293
Mixed 972
SusWrite 412
210% 935 MB/s
4K Read 44.4
4K Write 149
4K Mixed 89.1
260% 94.3 MB/s
DQ Read 1,357
DQ Write 1,091
DQ Mixed 1,101
857% 1,183 MB/s
Poor: 158%
This bench: 205%
Great: 355%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 1400 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing below potential (57th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
52.6% Above average
MC Read 18.2
MC Write 19.1
MC Mixed 16.7
51% 18 GB/s
SC Read 14.1
SC Write 18.5
SC Mixed 16.1
46% 16.2 GB/s
Latency 69.4
58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 31%
This bench: 52.6%
Great: 71%

 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 6,804 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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