MSI Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850)

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With 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 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	29.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	93.5% 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.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7850
Motherboard	MSI Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850) (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150528
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 09 '17 at 01:43
Run Duration	217 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 94.1 1-Core 111 2-Core 221 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 418 56% 420 Pts	64-Core 416 26% 416 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% MSI(1462 3030) 2GB CLim: 1080 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 16.12.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	29.3% Poor	Lighting 36.9 Reflection 33.2 Parallax 44.1 30% 38.1 fps	MRender 29.9 Gravity 30.7 Splatting 38.9 28% 33.2 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 29.3% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 730 Series 240GB-$250 8,417 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: L2010420 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 98 98 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 569 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 106 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 28 (AF) Unknown 100 100 4296016523 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 77 386793495 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 28 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 23 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 36510 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 41 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 56 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 475 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 36510 (F2) Unknown 100 100 42850	93.5% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 281 Mixed 355 84% 378 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 95.7 4K Mixed 31.2 143% 53.8 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 267 DQ Mixed 118 139% 244 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 95%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 712GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 142 134 3900 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1676 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9534 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1434 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 37 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 156 156 133041 (C2) HDA temperature 117 107 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	62.7% Good	Read 115 Write 104 Mixed 124 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.19 88% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 85%
USB DISK 2.0 32GB 1,547 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 3GB free, PID 4100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	8.5% Terrible	Read 22.9 Write 9.79 Mixed 13.7 18% 15.5 MB/s	4K Read 5.53 4K Write 0.57 4K Mixed 0.4 54% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.5% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G3D18ADS3.16FK 2x4GB 102 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	72.6% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 23.4 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 23.5 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 59.4 67% 59.4 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 74%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850) - $100

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	1,105x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	805x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	471x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	535x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	299x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	258x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	167x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	128x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	106x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	166x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	117x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	71x

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Total price: $748

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16