MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 63%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 53%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics84% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.
SystemMSI MS-7917
MotherboardMSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)  (all builds)
Memory9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160216
Uptime0.5 Days
Run DateAug 19 '22 at 03:00
Run Duration283 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU3%
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 PC Performing as expected (51st 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 4.15 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (28th percentile)
76.3% Very good
Memory 90.9
1-Core 117
2-Core 199
80% 136 Pts
4-Core 333
8-Core 599
56% 466 Pts
64-Core 571
35% 571 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 76.3%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.59
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
84% Excellent
Lighting 105
Reflection 113
Parallax 103
85% 107 fps
MRender 93.4
Gravity 103
Splatting 101
81% 99 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 84%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100
25GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT01B6Q
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 495
Write 456
Mixed 332
95% 428 MB/s
4K Read 42.1
4K Write 105
4K Mixed 56.2
192% 67.9 MB/s
DQ Read 371
DQ Write 344
DQ Mixed 352
266% 356 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31
543GB free
Firmware: MS2OA750
SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 180 180 180 180 179 MB/s
Performing as expected (51st percentile)
86.9% Excellent
Read 125
Write 140
Mixed 32.3
SusWrite 178
86% 119 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 86.9%
Great: 107%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing as expected (42nd percentile)
56.3% Above average
MC Read 19.3
MC Write 20.6
MC Mixed 17.3
54% 19.1 GB/s
SC Read 14.4
SC Write 21.7
SC Mixed 19.1
53% 18.4 GB/s
Latency 66
61% 66 ns
Poor: 31%
This bench: 56.3%
Great: 63%

 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 6,772 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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