MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 80.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics83.6% 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 Drive89% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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)
Memory12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160216
Uptime0 Days
Run DateAug 11 '18 at 18:10
Run Duration126 Seconds
Run User DEU-User
Background CPU6%

 PC Performing above expectations (66th 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 as expected (53rd percentile)
80.5% Excellent
Memory 89.6
1-Core 118
2-Core 236
83% 148 Pts
4-Core 385
8-Core 610
61% 497 Pts
64-Core 613
38% 613 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 80.5%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
Nvidia(10DE 17C8) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.82
Performing way above expectations (85th percentile)
83.6% Excellent
Lighting 106
Reflection 115
Parallax 112
87% 111 fps
MRender 93.5
Gravity 97.8
Splatting 93.4
78% 94.9 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 83.6%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba Q300 240GB-$85
80GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SAFM12.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 215 131 92 165 150 43 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (85th percentile)
89% Excellent
Read 500
Write 479
Mixed 393
SusWrite 133
84% 376 MB/s
4K Read 31.4
4K Write 97.7
4K Mixed 38.8
149% 56 MB/s
DQ Read 350
DQ Write 337
DQ Mixed 190
185% 292 MB/s
Poor: 48%
This bench: 89%
Great: 93%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61
665GB free
Firmware: MX4OACF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 139 138 140 139 137 MB/s
Performing as expected (46th percentile)
88.5% Excellent
Read 170
Write 164
Mixed 41.5
SusWrite 139
93% 128 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.5
138% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 58%
This bench: 88.5%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair ValueSelect DDR3 1600 C11 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing as expected (59th percentile)
56.2% Above average
MC Read 20.8
MC Write 20.7
MC Mixed 16.6
55% 19.4 GB/s
SC Read 13
SC Write 21
SC Mixed 17.2
49% 17.1 GB/s
Latency 67.7
59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 30%
This bench: 56.2%
Great: 61%

 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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