MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 93%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 79%
Battleship
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 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 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics113% 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 Drive80% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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.
SystemMSI MS-7917
MotherboardMSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)  (all builds)
Memory11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.2 GHz
Display3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150528
Uptime3.6 Days
Run DateOct 19 '19 at 09:57
Run Duration149 Seconds
Run User DEU-User
Background CPU7%
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 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 i7-4790K-$348
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
83.8% Excellent
Memory 88.7
1-Core 124
2-Core 243
85% 152 Pts
4-Core 425
8-Core 649
66% 537 Pts
64-Core 648
40% 648 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 83.8%
Great: 87%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200
Zotac(19DA 1511) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2235 MHz, MLim: 3600 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.67
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
113% Outstanding
Lighting 144
Reflection 131
Parallax 134
118% 136 fps
MRender 182
Gravity 138
Splatting 108
113% 143 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 113%
Great: 112%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15
MSI(1462 7917) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531
Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Sandisk SD8SNAT-256G-1006 256GB
178GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Z2311006
SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 258 297 299 297 299 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
80% Very good
Read 484
Write 294
Mixed 229
SusWrite 276
71% 321 MB/s
4K Read 30.4
4K Write 101
4K Mixed 15
119% 48.9 MB/s
DQ Read 165
DQ Write 276
DQ Mixed 85.2
103% 175 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 80%
Great: 83%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109
365GB free
Firmware: EMT01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 268 358 418 419 421 410 MB/s
Performing above expectations (75th percentile)
123% Outstanding
Read 492
Write 470
Mixed 368
SusWrite 382
96% 428 MB/s
4K Read 46.8
4K Write 108
4K Mixed 61.9
207% 72.1 MB/s
DQ Read 374
DQ Write 339
DQ Mixed 352
265% 355 MB/s
Poor: 80%
This bench: 123%
Great: 134%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109
808GB free
Firmware: RVQ01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 267 357 418 418 420 410 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
113% Outstanding
Read 502
Write 472
Mixed 406
SusWrite 382
99% 441 MB/s
4K Read 34.3
4K Write 109
4K Mixed 48.9
172% 64.1 MB/s
DQ Read 371
DQ Write 338
DQ Mixed 351
264% 353 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 113%
Great: 121%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600 C11 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 1200 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing above expectations (61st percentile)
50.5% Above average
MC Read 17.6
MC Write 18.3
MC Mixed 15.6
49% 17.2 GB/s
SC Read 13
SC Write 18
SC Mixed 16.2
45% 15.7 GB/s
Latency 68.8
58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 29%
This bench: 50.5%
Great: 59%

 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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