MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 94%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 80%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics111% 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 Drive103% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMSI MS-7917
MotherboardMSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)  (all builds)
Memory10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140627
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 20 '19 at 06:13
Run Duration138 Seconds
Run User AUS-User
Background CPU 11%
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 PC Performing above expectations (68th 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 way above expectations (89th percentile)
84.6% Excellent
Memory 94.2
1-Core 128
2-Core 254
89% 159 Pts
4-Core 405
8-Core 650
65% 528 Pts
64-Core 658
41% 658 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 84.6%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200
CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.12
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
111% Outstanding
Lighting 141
Reflection 130
Parallax 132
115% 135 fps
MRender 182
Gravity 133
Splatting 106
111% 140 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 111%
Great: 112%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 1TB
209GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RVT22B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 285 310 264 261 253 255 MB/s
Performing below expectations (31st percentile)
103% Outstanding
Read 497
Write 359
Mixed 303
SusWrite 271
80% 358 MB/s
4K Read 33.2
4K Write 122
4K Mixed 42.7
170% 66 MB/s
DQ Read 386
DQ Write 259
DQ Mixed 252
207% 299 MB/s
Poor: 81%
This bench: 103%
Great: 133%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70
1.5TB free
Firmware: 51.0AB51
SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 31 31 31 31 31 MB/s
Performing below expectations (29th percentile)
44.3% Average
Read 124
Write 30.8
Mixed 38
SusWrite 30.5
41% 55.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.5
102% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 31%
This bench: 44.3%
Great: 67%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139
931GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 103 104 104 104 103 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
58.2% Above average
Read 100
Write 92.5
Mixed 86.7
SusWrite 103
71% 95.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.6
114% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 29%
This bench: 58.2%
Great: 59%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)
60% Above average
MC Read 20.7
MC Write 22
MC Mixed 18.2
58% 20.3 GB/s
SC Read 16
SC Write 22.7
SC Mixed 19.2
55% 19.3 GB/s
Latency 59.4
67% 59.4 ns
Poor: 45%
This bench: 60%
Great: 96%

 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%
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Desktop
Desktop 84%
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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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