MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 59%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics84.8% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.
SystemMSI MS-7917
MotherboardMSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)  (all builds)
Memory24.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150528
Uptime1.1 Days
Run DateAug 04 '20 at 00:21
Run Duration119 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU2%
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 PC Performing above expectations (67th 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 (78th percentile)
82.6% Excellent
Memory 90
1-Core 128
2-Core 241
86% 153 Pts
4-Core 406
8-Core 670
66% 538 Pts
64-Core 656
41% 656 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 82.6%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143
CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 451.67
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
84.8% Excellent
Lighting 109
Reflection 98.2
Parallax 91.6
89% 99.6 fps
MRender 109
Gravity 94.4
Splatting 83.1
77% 95.5 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 84.8%
Great: 81%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Hitachi HDS721010CLA632 1TB-$112
124GB free (System drive)
Firmware: JP4OA41A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 72 73 76 73 77 MB/s
Performing below expectations (29th percentile)
50.5% Above average
Read 102
Write 102
Mixed 60.2
SusWrite 73.4
62% 84.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.8
144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 30%
This bench: 50.5%
Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38
227GB free
Firmware: CC27
SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 145 145 148 145 149 MB/s
Performing below expectations (39th percentile)
85.2% Excellent
Read 151
Write 112
Mixed 83.5
SusWrite 146
90% 123 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 85.2%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
60.4% Good
MC Read 20.8
MC Write 22.1
MC Mixed 18.7
59% 20.5 GB/s
SC Read 17.4
SC Write 22.9
SC Mixed 20.4
58% 20.2 GB/s
Latency 67.3
60% 67.3 ns
Poor: 39%
This bench: 60.4%
Great: 65%

 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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