MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 60%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 50%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics80.4% 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.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMSI MS-7917
MotherboardMSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)  (all builds)
Memory3.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit farger
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160216
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMar 17 '17 at 20:47
Run Duration93 Seconds
Run User NOR-User
Background CPU 43%

 PC Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4770-$75
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
76.6% Very good
Memory 88.7
1-Core 94
2-Core 190
72% 124 Pts
4-Core 349
8-Core 578
56% 463 Pts
64-Core 560
35% 560 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 76.6%
Great: 78%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan X-$615
Nvidia(10DE 1132) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 376.53
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
80.4% Excellent
Lighting 103
Reflection 110
Parallax 97.9
84% 104 fps
MRender 87.5
Gravity 94.5
Splatting 86.2
73% 89.4 fps
Poor: 68%
This bench: 80.4%
Great: 83%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28
777GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HP36 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (75th percentile)
101% Outstanding
Read 179
Write 174
Mixed 167
130% 173 MB/s
4K Read 0.22
4K Write 1.74
4K Mixed 0.34
79% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 101%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1333 C9 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing above expectations (75th percentile)
50.7% Above average
MC Read 18.1
MC Write 18.5
MC Mixed 15.7
50% 17.4 GB/s
SC Read 12.6
SC Write 16.1
SC Mixed 15.5
42% 14.7 GB/s
Latency 68.9
58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 27%
This bench: 50.7%
Great: 54%

 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 6,763 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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