MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 29%
Raft
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 25%
Surfboard
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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics40.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
Very high background CPU (63%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMSI MS-7917
MotherboardMSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)  (all builds)
Memory6.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20150811
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateSep 06 '16 at 19:24
Run Duration356 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU 63%
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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 Core i7-4770-$75
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz
Performing as expected (51st percentile)
70.9% Very good
Memory 84.1
1-Core 93.9
2-Core 179
70% 119 Pts
4-Core 312
8-Core 486
49% 399 Pts
64-Core 559
35% 559 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 70.9%
Great: 78%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7270
Relative performance (0th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
40.2% Average
Lighting 46.3
Reflection 51.4
Parallax 40.8
38% 46.2 fps
MRender 48.5
Gravity 51.9
Splatting 61.3
45% 53.9 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 40.2%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60
3TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)
71.2% Very good
Read 120
Write 128
Mixed 94.6
85% 114 MB/s
4K Read 0.92
4K Write 2.11
4K Mixed 0.28
109% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 71.2%
Great: 83%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60
2TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (33rd percentile)
55.8% Above average
Read 95.8
Write 98.6
Mixed 74.1
67% 89.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.97
4K Mixed 0.21
81% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 55.8%
Great: 83%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151
1.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (79th percentile)
92.4% Outstanding
Read 178
Write 144
Mixed 119
110% 147 MB/s
4K Read 0.52
4K Write 2.94
4K Mixed 0.22
101% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 61%
This bench: 92.4%
Great: 100%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 8TB
1TB free, PID ab34
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
20.4% Poor
Read 26.8
Write 22
Mixed 22.3
30% 23.7 MB/s
4K Read 1.16
4K Write 3.71
4K Mixed 0.61
151% 1.82 MB/s
Poor: 21%
This bench: 20.4%
Great: 85%
JetFlash Transcend 8GB
6GB free, PID 1000
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
Performing above expectations (79th percentile)
7.43% Terrible
Read 32.8
Write 6.05
Mixed 9
15% 15.9 MB/s
4K Read 5.65
4K Write 0.007
4K Mixed 0.006
21% 1.89 MB/s
Poor: 3%
This bench: 7.43%
Great: 16%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing below potential (33rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
53.2% Above average
MC Read 20.2
MC Write 20.2
MC Mixed 16
54% 18.8 GB/s
SC Read 12.4
SC Write 15.6
SC Mixed 14.7
41% 14.2 GB/s
Latency 73.2
55% 73.2 ns
Poor: 44%
This bench: 53.2%
Great: 72%

 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 6,771 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)

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