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MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 54%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 80.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics82.9% 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 Drive116% 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.
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.
Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
SystemMSI MS-7917
MotherboardMSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)  (all builds)
Memory9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160216
Uptime2 Days
Run DateAug 04 '20 at 20:03
Run Duration139 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU 34%
Watch Gameplay: 1070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing above expectations (68th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4690K-$43
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
80.4% Excellent
Memory 93.6
1-Core 110
2-Core 199
79% 134 Pts
4-Core 386
8-Core 403
52% 395 Pts
64-Core 397
25% 397 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 80.4%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.74
Performing below potential (79th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
82.9% Excellent
Lighting 105
Reflection 108
Parallax 91.7
86% 102 fps
MRender 94.8
Gravity 94.9
Splatting 93.2
77% 94.3 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 82.9%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 128GB-$110
41GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 366 365 368 349 329 324 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
116% Outstanding
Read 688
Write 523
Mixed 454
SusWrite 350
113% 504 MB/s
4K Read 36.7
4K Write 92.6
4K Mixed 43
160% 57.4 MB/s
DQ Read 620
DQ Write 198
DQ Mixed 334
266% 384 MB/s
Poor: 116%
This bench: 116%
Great: 188%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$33
313GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 159 155 159 158 160 MB/s
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
93.8% Outstanding
Read 169
Write 169
Mixed 105
SusWrite 158
110% 150 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.8
4K Mixed 1.2
227% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 93.8%
Great: 109%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 1TB
699GB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 166 167 167 167 167 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
96.6% Outstanding
Read 172
Write 108
Mixed 77.2
SusWrite 165
95% 130 MB/s
4K Read 1.5
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 1.3
246% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 24%
This bench: 96.6%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 1400 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz
Performing above expectations (75th percentile)
65.4% Good
MC Read 23.5
MC Write 24.6
MC Mixed 21.7
66% 23.3 GB/s
SC Read 12.5
SC Write 20.2
SC Mixed 18.1
48% 16.9 GB/s
Latency 60.8
66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 31%
This bench: 65.4%
Great: 71%

 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 7,140 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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