MSI Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	98.7% 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	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (57%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7850
Motherboard	MSI Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850) (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 24 '17 at 09:48
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	57%

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PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 90.4 1-Core 123 2-Core 238 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 663 66% 537 Pts	64-Core 662 41% 662 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6288) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.65 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 144 Reflection 139 Parallax 117 117% 133 fps	Gravity 129 Splatting 112 106% 120 fps
Poor: 93% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 960GB-$300 2,857 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 242GB free (System drive) Firmware: X212T0RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 10777 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 324 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 95 (A8) Unknown 100 100 170 (A9) Unknown 100 100 2076 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 55 (AE) Unknown 100 100 116 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 179 (C2) HDA temperature 65 59 253404119075 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 339 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 53105 (F1) Unknown 253 253 31353 (F2) Unknown 253 253 50098 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	98.7% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 471 Mixed 465 108% 482 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 20 144% 58.6 MB/s	DQ Read 36.8 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 51.6 78% 137 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 114%
Toshiba MD04ACA500 5TB-$154 3,810 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 452GB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 2822 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 152 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 10829 (0A) Spinup retry count 103 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 131 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 8396 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 51 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 5979 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 219044380711 (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 200 253 9 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 83 83 6864 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 294 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	79.1% Very good	Read 143 Write 132 Mixed 120 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1.74 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.25 136% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 110%
Toshiba X300 5TB-$125 12,743 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 174GB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 4074 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 78 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 8230 (0A) Spinup retry count 101 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 78 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 81 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 23 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 4865 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 227634380841 (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 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 86 86 5645 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 295 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	60.6% Good	Read 106 Write 105 Mixed 99.8 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1.11 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.34 118% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 20,216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	58% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 16.7 56% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 20.8 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 86%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	1,106x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	807x
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	300x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	258x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	169x
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	72x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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