MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 72%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 56%
Gunboat
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics82.6% 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 Drive78.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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)
Memory18.5 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160216
Uptime0.4 Days
Run DateNov 21 '21 at 19:38
Run Duration252 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU0%
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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 i5-4670K-$62
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
83% Excellent
Memory 93.8
1-Core 112
2-Core 225
82% 144 Pts
4-Core 418
8-Core 417
56% 418 Pts
64-Core 398
25% 398 Pts
Poor: 51%
This bench: 83%
Great: 79%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 496.76
Performing below potential (79th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
82.6% Excellent
Lighting 101
Reflection 171
Parallax 105
83% 126 fps
MRender 96.7
Gravity 103
Splatting 102
83% 100 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 82.6%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40
37GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X41200RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 176 178 160 143 180 MB/s
Performing below expectations (37th percentile)
78.1% Very good
Read 465
Write 288
Mixed 214
SusWrite 174
63% 285 MB/s
4K Read 28
4K Write 55.1
4K Mixed 31.4
112% 38.2 MB/s
DQ Read 386
DQ Write 262
DQ Mixed 229
197% 293 MB/s
Poor: 58%
This bench: 78.1%
Great: 101%
OCZ AGILITY3 60GB
15GB free
Firmware: 2.22
SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 55 52 58 59 51 MB/s
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
48.4% Average
Read 185
Write 61.7
Mixed 91.7
SusWrite 55.3
22% 98.3 MB/s
4K Read 26.4
4K Write 62.1
4K Mixed 30.4
112% 39.6 MB/s
DQ Read 80.8
DQ Write 62.6
DQ Mixed 68.1
52% 70.5 MB/s
Poor: 28%
This bench: 48.4%
Great: 51%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$40
391GB free
Firmware: MS2OA8J0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 156 155 138 156 168 MB/s
Performing above expectations (67th percentile)
93.5% Outstanding
Read 172
Write 166
Mixed 37.2
SusWrite 154
96% 132 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.5
143% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 93.5%
Great: 107%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown CMY16GX3M2A1866C9 Kingston KHX2133C11D3/4GX 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1866C9 Kingston KHX2133C11D3/4GX 24GB
1333, 2133, 1333, 2133 MHz
8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
75.7% Very good
MC Read 27.7
MC Write 29.9
MC Mixed 23.5
77% 27 GB/s
SC Read 16.2
SC Write 21.4
SC Mixed 24.5
59% 20.7 GB/s
Latency 60.3
66% 60.3 ns
Poor: 75%
This bench: 75.7%
Great: 76%

 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 6,832 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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