MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 74%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 62%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 78%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics90.4% 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 Drive216% 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)
Memory25.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1280 x 960 - 32 Bit colores, 2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160216
Uptime2 Days
Run DateAug 13 '18 at 13:13
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User ESP-User
Background CPU8%

 PC Performing as expected (46th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
78% Very good
Memory 97
1-Core 99.4
2-Core 185
76% 127 Pts
4-Core 319
8-Core 507
51% 413 Pts
64-Core 516
32% 516 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 78%
Great: 84%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15
MSI(1462 7917) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835
Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82
Performing below potential (3rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
90.4% Outstanding
Lighting 115
Reflection 132
Parallax 129
94% 125 fps
MRender 99.7
Gravity 114
Splatting 96.3
84% 103 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 90.4%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45
105GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 534 286 284 283 282 279 MB/s
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
216% Outstanding
Read 2,146
Write 1,210
Mixed 616
SusWrite 325
236% 1,074 MB/s
4K Read 51.4
4K Write 163
4K Mixed 57.2
238% 90.7 MB/s
DQ Read 960
DQ Write 763
DQ Mixed 603
522% 776 MB/s
Poor: 142%
This bench: 216%
Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40
830GB free
Firmware: CC25
SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 133 133 133 133 131 MB/s
Performing below expectations (33rd percentile)
81.5% Excellent
Read 152
Write 162
Mixed 71
SusWrite 132
94% 129 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.8
152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56%
This bench: 81.5%
Great: 113%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing as expected (45th percentile)
76.8% Very good
MC Read 28.8
MC Write 29.6
MC Mixed 22.7
77% 27 GB/s
SC Read 18.5
SC Write 19.1
SC Mixed 25
60% 20.9 GB/s
Latency 50.3
80% 50.3 ns
Poor: 45%
This bench: 76.8%
Great: 119%

 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 6,764 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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