MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 74%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 61%
Destroyer
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 79%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics89.7% 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 Drive79.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.
Run History
SystemMSI MS-7917
MotherboardMSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)  (all builds)
Memory12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160216
Uptime0 Days
Run DateOct 26 '22 at 16:40
Run Duration137 Seconds
Run User SVK-User
Background CPU0%
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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 Xeon E3-1271 v3
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
79% Very good
Memory 95.3
1-Core 108
2-Core 196
78% 133 Pts
4-Core 340
8-Core 513
53% 426 Pts
64-Core 516
32% 516 Pts
Poor: 65%
This bench: 79%
Great: 84%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250
ASRock(1849 5103) ≥ 4GB
Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.5.1
Performing below potential (6th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
89.7% Excellent
Lighting 113
Reflection 135
Parallax 157
92% 135 fps
MRender 109
Gravity 116
Splatting 90
84% 105 fps
Poor: 91%
This bench: 89.7%
Great: 104%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Adata SU650 240GB-$70
45GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S190830a
SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 237 174 169 204 194 MB/s
Performing above expectations (65th percentile)
79.9% Very good
Read 392
Write 225
Mixed 261
SusWrite 194
60% 268 MB/s
4K Read 29.5
4K Write 102
4K Mixed 30.5
138% 54 MB/s
DQ Read 261
DQ Write 234
DQ Mixed 190
158% 228 MB/s
Poor: 33%
This bench: 79.9%
Great: 99%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64
258GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 104 106 104 106 105 MB/s
Performing as expected (42nd percentile)
61.4% Good
Read 109
Write 71.5
Mixed 73.3
SusWrite 105
66% 89.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 1
193% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 38%
This bench: 61.4%
Great: 85%
WD WD20EURS-63S48Y0 2TB
1.5TB free
Firmware: 51.0AB51
SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 109 110 109 110 108 MB/s
Performing above expectations (69th percentile)
62.3% Good
Read 108
Write 109
Mixed 97.7
SusWrite 108
78% 106 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.7
156% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 33%
This bench: 62.3%
Great: 77%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston KHX2400C11D3/4GX KHX2400C11D3/4GX 0420 DDR3 2400 2OZ 16GB
2400, 2400, 2400 MHz
4096, 4096, 8192 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
82.4% Excellent
MC Read 30.3
MC Write 32.4
MC Mixed 26.3
85% 29.7 GB/s
SC Read 19.3
SC Write 20.3
SC Mixed 24.5
61% 21.4 GB/s
Latency 56
71% 56 ns
Poor: 83%
This bench: 82.4%
Great: 86%

 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 6,867 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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