MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 80%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 67%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics88.1% 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 Drive148% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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)
Memory25.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160216
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJun 16 '22 at 22:52
Run Duration127 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU5%
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 PC Performing above expectations (73rd 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 4.5 GHz, turbo 5.05 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
88.4% Excellent
Memory 93.1
1-Core 128
2-Core 221
85% 148 Pts
4-Core 451
8-Core 652
69% 552 Pts
64-Core 652
40% 652 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 88.4%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2042 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.40
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
88.1% Excellent
Lighting 111
Reflection 115
Parallax 105
90% 110 fps
MRender 95.6
Gravity 107
Splatting 102
83% 101 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 88.1%
Great: 88%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625
190GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 557 566 593 588 599 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
148% Outstanding
Read 710
Write 612
Mixed 457
SusWrite 584
132% 590 MB/s
4K Read 44
4K Write 107
4K Mixed 53.8
192% 68.2 MB/s
DQ Read 779
DQ Write 341
DQ Mixed 445
360% 522 MB/s
Poor: 138%
This bench: 148%
Great: 283%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 1302 1600 CL9 Series 1315 BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 1302 1600 CL9 Series 32GB
1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz
8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
64.8% Good
MC Read 24.1
MC Write 23.9
MC Mixed 18.6
63% 22.2 GB/s
SC Read 15.8
SC Write 23.9
SC Mixed 22.6
59% 20.8 GB/s
Latency 61.8
65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 48%
This bench: 64.8%
Great: 77%

 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 6,768 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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