MSI Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850)

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 30% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	51.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	58.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	10GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 10GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7850
Motherboard	MSI Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850) (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 10 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	3.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 05 '17 at 20:43
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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-$127 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	75.3% Very good	Memory 85.1 1-Core 107 2-Core 210 76% 134 Pts	4-Core 383 8-Core 359 50% 371 Pts	64-Core 367 23% 367 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	Lighting 66.1 Reflection 66 Parallax 57.9 54% 63.3 fps	MRender 66.3 Gravity 60.4 Splatting 51.2 48% 59.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32070RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 1855 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 278 (A5) Unknown 100 100 6146198013413 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 6 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 44 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 52 35 279172874288 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2160372154871 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 930 (EA) Unknown 100 100 14146 (F1) Unknown 253 253 10549 (F2) Unknown 253 253 5137 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	58.9% Above average	Read 497 Write 246 Mixed 272 74% 338 MB/s	4K Read 14.1 4K Write 81.4 4K Mixed 1.16 66% 32.2 MB/s	DQ Read 23.5 DQ Write 256 DQ Mixed 0.05 42% 93.2 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 86%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 397GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 139 139 4016 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1727 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 14797 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1494 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 103 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1623 (C2) HDA temperature 116 96 27 (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	65.2% Good	Read 109 Write 118 Mixed 112 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.48 107% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 69%
Samsung HD502IJ 500GB-$40 25,285 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 243GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 85 85 5410 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 3558 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 11528 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4907 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1864 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 82 62 302841874 (C2) HDA temperature 80 61 369950740 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 189018 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	60.7% Good	Read 106 Write 105 Mixed 105 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.34 91% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8GX KP223C-ELD 10GB 1600, 1333 MHz 8192, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	27.9% Poor	MC Read 8.6 MC Write 9.4 MC Mixed 8 25% 8.67 GB/s	SC Read 8.1 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 9.1 25% 8.87 GB/s	Latency 71.9 56% 71.9 ns

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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	806x
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	168x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	128x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $748

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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