diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f2bf209acf..9bb5a71319 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ if(NOT DOLPHIN_WC_REVISION)
 endif()
 
 # Architecture detection and arch specific settings
-message(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR})
+message(STATUS "Detected architecture: ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR}")
 
 # Detect 64bit or 32bit
 # CMake doesn't provide a simple way to determine 32bit or 64bit
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ endif()
 
 include(CheckCCompilerFlag)
 if(ENABLE_GENERIC)
-	message("Warning! Building generic build!")
+	message(STATUS "Warning! Building generic build!")
 	set(_M_GENERIC 1)
 	add_definitions(-D_M_GENERIC=1)
 elseif(_ARCH_64 AND (
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ if(VTUNE)
 endif(VTUNE)
 
 if(ANDROID)
-	message("Building for Android")
+	message(STATUS "Building for Android")
 	if(NOT ENABLE_HEADLESS)
 		add_definitions(-DANDROID)
 	else()
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ elseif(NOT APPLE AND NOT CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES OpenBSD)
 endif()
 
 if(ENABLE_HEADLESS)
-	message("Enabling Headless! Disabling GUI, force enabling EGL!")
+	message(STATUS "Enabling Headless! Disabling GUI, force enabling EGL!")
 	set(USE_X11 0)
 	set(USE_EGL 1)
 	set(DISABLE_WX 1)
@@ -480,52 +480,52 @@ if(ENABLE_ALSA)
 	find_package(ALSA)
 	if(ALSA_FOUND)
 		add_definitions(-DHAVE_ALSA=1)
-		message("ALSA found, enabling ALSA sound backend")
+		message(STATUS "ALSA found, enabling ALSA sound backend")
 	else()
 		add_definitions(-DHAVE_ALSA=0)
-		message("ALSA NOT found, disabling ALSA sound backend")
+		message(STATUS "ALSA NOT found, disabling ALSA sound backend")
 	endif()
 else()
-	message("ALSA explicitly disabled, disabling ALSA sound backend")
+	message(STATUS "ALSA explicitly disabled, disabling ALSA sound backend")
 endif()
 
 if(ENABLE_AO)
 	check_lib(AO ao ao QUIET)
 	if(AO_FOUND)
 		add_definitions(-DHAVE_AO=1)
-		message("ao found, enabling ao sound backend")
+		message(STATUS "ao found, enabling ao sound backend")
 	else()
 		add_definitions(-DHAVE_AO=0)
-		message("ao NOT found, disabling ao sound backend")
+		message(STATUS "ao NOT found, disabling ao sound backend")
 	endif()
 else()
-	message("ao explicitly disabled, disabling ao sound backend")
+	message(STATUS "ao explicitly disabled, disabling ao sound backend")
 endif()
 
 if(ENABLE_BLUEZ)
 	check_lib(BLUEZ bluez bluez QUIET)
 	if(BLUEZ_FOUND)
 		add_definitions(-DHAVE_BLUEZ=1)
-		message("bluez found, enabling bluetooth support")
+		message(STATUS "bluez found, enabling bluetooth support")
 	else()
 		add_definitions(-DHAVE_BLUEZ=0)
-		message("bluez NOT found, disabling bluetooth support")
+		message(STATUS "bluez NOT found, disabling bluetooth support")
 	endif()
 else()
-	message("bluez explicitly disabled, disabling bluetooth support")
+	message(STATUS "bluez explicitly disabled, disabling bluetooth support")
 endif()
 
 if(ENABLE_PULSEAUDIO)
 	check_lib(PULSEAUDIO libpulse pulse QUIET)
 	if(PULSEAUDIO_FOUND)
 		add_definitions(-DHAVE_PULSEAUDIO=1)
-		message("PulseAudio found, enabling PulseAudio sound backend")
+		message(STATUS "PulseAudio found, enabling PulseAudio sound backend")
 	else()
 		add_definitions(-DHAVE_PULSEAUDIO=0)
-		message("PulseAudio NOT found, disabling PulseAudio sound backend")
+		message(STATUS "PulseAudio NOT found, disabling PulseAudio sound backend")
 	endif()
 else()
-	message("PulseAudio explicitly disabled, disabling PulseAudio sound backend")
+	message(STATUS "PulseAudio explicitly disabled, disabling PulseAudio sound backend")
 endif()
 
 if(ENABLE_OPENAL)
@@ -533,13 +533,13 @@ if(ENABLE_OPENAL)
 	if(OPENAL_FOUND)
 		add_definitions(-DHAVE_OPENAL=1)
 		include_directories(${OPENAL_INCLUDE_DIR})
-		message("OpenAL found, enabling OpenAL sound backend")
+		message(STATUS "OpenAL found, enabling OpenAL sound backend")
 	else()
 		add_definitions(-DHAVE_OPENAL=0)
-		message("OpenAL NOT found, disabling OpenAL sound backend")
+		message(STATUS "OpenAL NOT found, disabling OpenAL sound backend")
 	endif()
 else()
-	message("OpenAL explicitly disabled, disabling OpenAL sound backend")
+	message(STATUS "OpenAL explicitly disabled, disabling OpenAL sound backend")
 endif()
 
 if(ENABLE_LLVM)
@@ -563,11 +563,11 @@ if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE AND NOT ANDROID AND NOT ENABLE_HEADLESS)
 		set(USE_X11 1)
 		add_definitions(-DHAVE_X11=1)
 		include_directories(${X11_INCLUDE_DIR})
-		message("X11 support enabled")
+		message(STATUS "X11 support enabled")
 	else()
 		set(USE_X11 0)
 		SET(X11_FOUND "")
-		message("X11 support disabled")
+		message(STATUS "X11 support disabled")
 		add_definitions(-DHAVE_X11=0)
 	endif(TRY_X11 AND X11_FOUND)
 
@@ -610,10 +610,10 @@ if(NOT ANDROID)
 		unset(CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES)
 	endif()
 	if(SYSTEM_PORTAUDIO AND NOT APPLE)
-		message("Using shared PortAudio for mic support")
+		message(STATUS "Using shared PortAudio for mic support")
 		set(PORTAUDIO_LIBRARIES portaudio)
 	else()
-		message("Using static PortAudio from Externals for mic support")
+		message(STATUS "Using static PortAudio from Externals for mic support")
 		add_subdirectory(Externals/portaudio)
 		set(PORTAUDIO_LIBRARIES portaudio_static)
 	endif()
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ endif()
 if(OPROFILING)
 	find_package(OProfile)
 	if(OPROFILE_FOUND)
-		message("OProfile found, enabling profiling support")
+		message(STATUS "OProfile found, enabling profiling support")
 		add_definitions(-DUSE_OPROFILE=1)
 		include_directories(${OPROFILE_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 	else()
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ if(OPROFILING)
 endif()
 
 if(USE_EGL)
-	message("EGL OpenGL interface enabled")
+	message(STATUS "EGL OpenGL interface enabled")
 	add_definitions(-DUSE_EGL=1)
 endif()
 
@@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ if(ENABLE_EVDEV)
 	find_package(Libudev REQUIRED)
 	find_package(Libevdev REQUIRED)
 	if(LIBUDEV_FOUND AND LIBEVDEV_FOUND)
-		message("libevdev/libudev found, enabling evdev controller backend")
+		message(STATUS "libevdev/libudev found, enabling evdev controller backend")
 		add_definitions(-DHAVE_LIBUDEV=1)
 		add_definitions(-DHAVE_LIBEVDEV=1)
 		include_directories(${LIBUDEV_INCLUDE_DIR} ${LIBEVDEV_INCLUDE_DIR})
@@ -649,14 +649,14 @@ if(ENABLE_EVDEV)
 endif()
 
 if(UNIX)
-	message("Using named pipes as controller inputs")
+	message(STATUS "Using named pipes as controller inputs")
 	add_definitions(-DUSE_PIPES=1)
-	message("Watching game memory for changes")
+	message(STATUS "Watching game memory for changes")
 	add_definitions(-DUSE_MEMORYWATCHER=1)
 endif()
 
 if(ENABLE_ANALYTICS)
-	message("Enabling analytics collection (subject to end-user opt-in)")
+	message(STATUS "Enabling analytics collection (subject to end-user opt-in)")
 	add_definitions(-DUSE_ANALYTICS=1)
 endif()
 
@@ -703,16 +703,16 @@ if(USE_SHARED_ENET)
 	endif()
 endif()
 if (ENET_FOUND)
-	message("Using shared enet")
+	message(STATUS "Using shared enet")
 else()
-	message("Using static enet from Externals")
+	message(STATUS "Using static enet from Externals")
 	include_directories(Externals/enet/include)
 	add_subdirectory(Externals/enet)
 endif()
 LIST(APPEND LIBS enet)
 
 if(NOT XXHASH_FOUND)
-	message("Using static xxhash from Externals")
+	message(STATUS "Using static xxhash from Externals")
 	add_subdirectory(Externals/xxhash)
 	include_directories(Externals/xxhash)
 endif()
@@ -720,10 +720,10 @@ LIST(APPEND LIBS xxhash)
 
 find_package(ZLIB)
 if(ZLIB_FOUND)
-	message("Using shared zlib")
+	message(STATUS "Using shared zlib")
 	include_directories(${ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 else(ZLIB_FOUND)
-	message("Shared zlib not found, falling back to the static library")
+	message(STATUS "Shared zlib not found, falling back to the static library")
 	add_subdirectory(Externals/zlib)
 	include_directories(Externals/zlib)
 endif(ZLIB_FOUND)
@@ -732,9 +732,9 @@ if(NOT APPLE)
 	check_lib(LZO "(no .pc for lzo2)" lzo2 lzo/lzo1x.h QUIET)
 endif()
 if(LZO_FOUND)
-	message("Using shared lzo")
+	message(STATUS "Using shared lzo")
 else()
-	message("Using static lzo from Externals")
+	message(STATUS "Using static lzo from Externals")
 	add_subdirectory(Externals/LZO)
 	include_directories(Externals/LZO)
 	set(LZO lzo2)
@@ -745,9 +745,9 @@ if(NOT APPLE)
 	check_lib(PNG libpng png png.h QUIET)
 endif()
 if (PNG_FOUND)
-	message("Using shared libpng")
+	message(STATUS "Using shared libpng")
 else()
-	message("Using static libpng from Externals")
+	message(STATUS "Using static libpng from Externals")
 	add_subdirectory(Externals/libpng)
 	include_directories(Externals/libpng)
 	set(PNG png)
@@ -758,9 +758,9 @@ if(OPENAL_FOUND)
 		check_lib(SOUNDTOUCH soundtouch SoundTouch soundtouch/SoundTouch.h QUIET)
 	endif()
 	if (SOUNDTOUCH_FOUND)
-		message("Using shared soundtouch")
+		message(STATUS "Using shared soundtouch")
 	else()
-		message("Using static soundtouch from Externals")
+		message(STATUS "Using static soundtouch from Externals")
 		add_subdirectory(Externals/soundtouch)
 		include_directories(Externals)
 	endif()
@@ -769,18 +769,18 @@ endif()
 if(ENABLE_SDL)
 	find_package(SDL2)
 	if(SDL2_FOUND)
-		message("Using shared SDL2")
+		message(STATUS "Using shared SDL2")
 		add_definitions(-DHAVE_SDL=1)
 		include_directories(${SDL2_INCLUDE_DIR})
 	else(SDL2_FOUND)
 		# SDL2 not found, try SDL
 		find_package(SDL OPTIONAL)
 		if(SDL_FOUND)
-			message("Using shared SDL")
+			message(STATUS "Using shared SDL")
 			add_definitions(-DHAVE_SDL=1)
 			include_directories(${SDL_INCLUDE_DIR})
 		else(SDL_FOUND)
-			message("SDL NOT found, disabling SDL input")
+			message(STATUS "SDL NOT found, disabling SDL input")
 		endif(SDL_FOUND)
 	endif(SDL2_FOUND)
 endif()
@@ -791,10 +791,10 @@ if(NOT ANDROID)
 		find_package(LibUSB)
 	endif()
 	if(LIBUSB_FOUND AND NOT APPLE)
-		message("Using shared LibUSB")
+		message(STATUS "Using shared LibUSB")
 		include_directories(${LIBUSB_INCLUDE_DIR})
 	else()
-		message("Using static LibUSB from Externals")
+		message(STATUS "Using static LibUSB from Externals")
 		add_subdirectory(Externals/libusb)
 		set(LIBUSB_LIBRARIES usb)
 	endif()
@@ -806,9 +806,9 @@ if(NOT APPLE)
 	find_package(SFML ${SFML_REQD_VERSION} COMPONENTS network system)
 endif()
 if(SFML_FOUND)
-	message("Using shared SFML")
+	message(STATUS "Using shared SFML")
 else()
-	message("Using static SFML ${SFML_REQD_VERSION} from Externals")
+	message(STATUS "Using static SFML ${SFML_REQD_VERSION} from Externals")
 	add_definitions(-DSFML_STATIC)
 	add_subdirectory(Externals/SFML)
 	include_directories(BEFORE Externals/SFML/include)
@@ -819,9 +819,9 @@ if(USE_UPNP)
 		find_package(Miniupnpc)
 	endif()
 	if(MINIUPNPC_FOUND AND MINIUPNPC_API_VERSION GREATER 8)
-		message("Using shared miniupnpc")
+		message(STATUS "Using shared miniupnpc")
 	else()
-		message("Using static miniupnpc from Externals")
+		message(STATUS "Using static miniupnpc from Externals")
 		add_subdirectory(Externals/miniupnpc)
 		set(MINIUPNPC_INCLUDE_DIRS Externals/miniupnpc/src)
 		set(MINIUPNPC_LIBRARIES miniupnpc)
@@ -835,10 +835,10 @@ if(NOT APPLE)
 	find_package(MbedTLS)
 endif()
 if(MBEDTLS_FOUND)
-	message("Using shared mbed TLS")
+	message(STATUS "Using shared mbed TLS")
 	include_directories(${MBEDTLS_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 else()
-	message("Using static mbed TLS from Externals")
+	message(STATUS "Using static mbed TLS from Externals")
 	set(MBEDTLS_LIBRARIES mbedtls mbedcrypto mbedx509)
 	add_subdirectory(Externals/mbedtls/)
 	include_directories(Externals/mbedtls/include)
@@ -846,10 +846,10 @@ endif()
 
 find_package(CURL)
 if(CURL_FOUND)
-	message("Using shared libcurl")
+	message(STATUS "Using shared libcurl")
 	include_directories(${CURL_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 else()
-	message("Using static libcurl from Externals")
+	message(STATUS "Using static libcurl from Externals")
 	add_subdirectory(Externals/curl)
 	set(CURL_LIBRARIES curl)
 	include_directories(BEFORE Externals/curl/include)
@@ -859,9 +859,9 @@ if(NOT APPLE)
 	check_lib(SOIL "(no .pc for SOIL)" SOIL SOIL/SOIL.h QUIET)
 endif()
 if(SOIL_FOUND)
-	message("Using shared SOIL")
+	message(STATUS "Using shared SOIL")
 else()
-	message("Using static SOIL from Externals")
+	message(STATUS "Using static SOIL from Externals")
 	add_subdirectory(Externals/SOIL)
 	include_directories(Externals/SOIL)
 endif()
@@ -872,7 +872,7 @@ find_path(ICONV_INCLUDE_DIR NAMES iconv.h)
 if (ICONV_LIBRARIES AND ICONV_INCLUDE_DIR)
 	mark_as_advanced(ICONV_INCLUDE_DIR ICONV_LIBRARIES)
 else()
-	message("Using static iconv from Externals")
+	message(STATUS "Using static iconv from Externals")
 	include_directories(Externals/libiconv-1.14/include)
 	add_subdirectory(Externals/libiconv-1.14)
 	set(ICONV_LIBRARIES iconv)
@@ -882,21 +882,21 @@ list(APPEND LIBS ${ICONV_LIBRARIES})
 if(NOT ANDROID)
 	find_package(HIDAPI)
 	if(HIDAPI_FOUND)
-		message("Using shared ${HIDAPI_LIBRARIES} ${HIDAPI_VERSION}")
+		message(STATUS "Using shared ${HIDAPI_LIBRARIES} ${HIDAPI_VERSION}")
 		include_directories(${HIDAPI_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 		list(APPEND LIBS ${HIDAPI_LIBRARIES})
 	else()
 		include_directories(Externals/hidapi/hidapi)
 		if(APPLE)
-			message("Using static hidapi from Externals")
+			message(STATUS "Using static hidapi from Externals")
 			add_subdirectory(Externals/hidapi/mac)
 			list(APPEND LIBS hidapi)
 		elseif(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} STREQUAL "Linux")
-			message("Using static hidapi-hidraw from Externals")
+			message(STATUS "Using static hidapi-hidraw from Externals")
 			add_subdirectory(Externals/hidapi/linux)
 			list(APPEND LIBS hidapi-hidraw udev)
 		else()
-			message("Using static hidapi-libusb from Externals")
+			message(STATUS "Using static hidapi-libusb from Externals")
 			add_subdirectory(Externals/hidapi/libusb)
 			list(APPEND LIBS hidapi-libusb)
 		endif()
@@ -912,12 +912,12 @@ if (OPENSLES_LIBRARIES AND OPENSLES_INCLUDE_DIR)
 	set(OPENSLES_FOUND 1)
 	add_definitions(-DHAVE_OPENSLES=1)
 	include_directories(${OPENSLES_INCLUDE_DIR})
-	message("OpenSLES found, enabling OpenSLES sound backend")
+	message(STATUS "OpenSLES found, enabling OpenSLES sound backend")
 endif()
 
 if(ENABLE_QT2)
 	find_package(Qt5Widgets REQUIRED)
-	message("Found Qt version ${Qt5Core_VERSION}, enabling the Qt backend")
+	message(STATUS "Found Qt version ${Qt5Core_VERSION}, enabling the Qt backend")
 endif()
 
 if(NOT DISABLE_WX)
@@ -935,10 +935,10 @@ if(NOT DISABLE_WX)
 			OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
 			ERROR_QUIET
 			)
-		message("Found wxWidgets version ${wxWidgets_VERSION}")
+		message(STATUS "Found wxWidgets version ${wxWidgets_VERSION}")
 		set(wxMIN_VERSION "3.1.0")
 		if(${wxWidgets_VERSION} VERSION_LESS ${wxMIN_VERSION})
-			message("At least ${wxMIN_VERSION} is required; ignoring found version")
+			message(STATUS "At least ${wxMIN_VERSION} is required; ignoring found version")
 			unset(wxWidgets_FOUND)
 		endif()
 	endif(wxWidgets_FOUND)
@@ -969,9 +969,9 @@ if(NOT DISABLE_WX)
 
 	if(wxWidgets_FOUND)
 		include(${wxWidgets_USE_FILE})
-		message("wxWidgets found, enabling GUI build")
+		message(STATUS "wxWidgets found, enabling GUI build")
 	else(wxWidgets_FOUND)
-		message("Using static wxWidgets from Externals")
+		message(STATUS "Using static wxWidgets from Externals")
 
 		# These definitions and includes are used when building dolphin against wx,
 		# not when building wx itself (see wxw3 CMakeLists.txt for that)
@@ -1042,10 +1042,10 @@ include_directories("${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/Source/Core")
 #
 find_package(GTest)
 if(GTEST_FOUND AND USE_SHARED_GTEST)
-	message("Using shared gtest")
+	message(STATUS "Using shared gtest")
 	include_directories(${GTEST_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 else()
-	message("Using static gtest from Externals")
+	message(STATUS "Using static gtest from Externals")
 	include_directories(Externals/gtest/include)
 	add_subdirectory(Externals/gtest)
 endif()
diff --git a/CMakeTests/CheckLib.cmake b/CMakeTests/CheckLib.cmake
index 76e2ad8aa8..ac8d17393b 100644
--- a/CMakeTests/CheckLib.cmake
+++ b/CMakeTests/CheckLib.cmake
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ find_package(PkgConfig)
 
 macro(_internal_message msg)
 	if(NOT ${_is_quiet})
-		message("${msg}")
+		message(STATUS "${msg}")
 	endif()
 endmacro()
 
@@ -80,11 +80,11 @@ macro(check_libav)
 		unset(CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES)
 	endif()
 	if(LIBAV_FOUND)
-		message("libav/ffmpeg found, enabling AVI frame dumps")
+		message(STATUS "libav/ffmpeg found, enabling AVI frame dumps")
 		add_definitions(-DHAVE_LIBAV)
 		include_directories(${LIBAV_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 	else()
-		message("libav/ffmpeg not found, disabling AVI frame dumps")
+		message(STATUS "libav/ffmpeg not found, disabling AVI frame dumps")
 	endif()
 endmacro()
 
diff --git a/CMakeTests/FindSFML.cmake b/CMakeTests/FindSFML.cmake
index b99e137881..d6acdfb6d6 100644
--- a/CMakeTests/FindSFML.cmake
+++ b/CMakeTests/FindSFML.cmake
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ if (NOT SFML_FOUND)
         message(FATAL_ERROR ${FIND_SFML_ERROR})
     elseif(NOT SFML_FIND_QUIETLY)
         # error but continue
-        message("${FIND_SFML_ERROR}")
+        message(STATUS "${FIND_SFML_ERROR}")
     endif()
 endif()