MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 92%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 76%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 80%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics120% 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 Drive64.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.
High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMSI MS-7917
MotherboardMSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)  (all builds)
Memory7.2 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20141223
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateNov 30 '18 at 03:36
Run Duration137 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 30%

 PC Performing as expected (54th 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 4.25 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (53rd percentile)
80% Very good
Memory 86.9
1-Core 126
2-Core 223
83% 145 Pts
4-Core 406
8-Core 507
59% 456 Pts
64-Core 604
37% 604 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 80%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.1
Performing below potential (30th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
120% Outstanding
Lighting 166
Reflection 185
Parallax 182
135% 177 fps
MRender 116
Gravity 154
Splatting 114
104% 128 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 120%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 830 256GB-$261
94GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXM03B1Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 301 264 213 203 193 173 MB/s
Performing below expectations (22nd percentile)
64.3% Good
Read 452
Write 302
Mixed 248
SusWrite 224
68% 307 MB/s
4K Read 20
4K Write 50.1
4K Mixed 20.8
84% 30.3 MB/s
DQ Read 250
DQ Write 67.4
DQ Mixed 99.4
89% 139 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 64.3%
Great: 86%
Seagate ST3120811AS 120GB-$179
112GB free
Firmware: 3.AAE
SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 57 58 58 57 57 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
32.8% Below average
Read 56.3
Write 27.3
Mixed 38
SusWrite 57.6
33% 44.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.8
140% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 13%
This bench: 32.8%
Great: 33%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68
363GB free
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 164 165 166 167 166 MB/s
Performing above expectations (69th percentile)
95.5% Outstanding
Read 166
Write 112
Mixed 28.5
SusWrite 166
85% 118 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 5.2
4K Mixed 2.1
388% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 48%
This bench: 95.5%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown CMX8GX3M2A1333C9 0215 CMX8GX3M2A1333C9 1314 991677 (998677) 1314 991677 (998677) 12GB
1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz
4096, 4096, 2048, 2048 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
34.5% Below average
MC Read 11.2
MC Write 12.3
MC Mixed 10.3
32% 11.3 GB/s
SC Read 9.5
SC Write 11.3
SC Mixed 10.1
29% 10.3 GB/s
Latency 70.6
57% 70.6 ns

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming
Gaming 42%
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Desktop
Desktop 84%
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Workstation
Workstation 36%
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Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $648
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