MSI Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850)

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 73%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	17.5% 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	84.6% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

System	MSI MS-7850
Motherboard	MSI Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850) (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150528
Uptime	7.6 Days
Run Date	Jun 24 '17 at 09:23
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	EST-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-4170-$59 48,178 User benchmarks, average bench 57% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	73% Very good	Memory 95.6 1-Core 104 2-Core 193 77% 131 Pts	4-Core 294 8-Core 293 39% 294 Pts	64-Core 294 18% 294 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-$120 66,662 User benchmarks, average bench 15% EVGA(3842 2754) 2GB CLim: 1489 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	17.5% Very poor	Lighting 21.4 Reflection 17.6 Parallax 18.8 18% 19.3 fps	MRender 25.2 Gravity 21.9 Splatting 19 18% 22 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 17.5% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$26 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 120GB free Firmware: Z32070RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 1029 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 502 (A5) Unknown 100 100 2147521856065 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 19 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 17 (AE) Unknown 100 100 3 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 60 38 266287972392 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 824650105082 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4201 (EA) Unknown 100 100 5386 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4423 (F2) Unknown 253 253 5570 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	70.4% Very good	Read 504 Write 395 Mixed 276 87% 392 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 80.2 4K Mixed 5.04 85% 36.4 MB/s	DQ Read 25.8 DQ Write 92.9 DQ Mixed 5.87 20% 41.5 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 86%
Crucial M550 128GB-$40 2,673 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2839 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1774 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 92 92 269 (AE) Unknown 100 100 28 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1036 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 54 197569478688 (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 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 92 92 8 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 23903337694 (F7) Unknown 100 100 754102689 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1474551334	84.6% Excellent	Read 521 Write 350 Mixed 383 93% 418 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 21.3 134% 54.5 MB/s	DQ Read 32.7 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 53.2 48% 69 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 104%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 63GB free Firmware: CR100-11 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 7680 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10377 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 26308 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4865 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 48307 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 83 83 1760 (BE) vendor-specific 73 57 27 (C2) HDA temperature 157 109 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 48307 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 5	37.9% Below average	Read 58.3 Write 73.8 Mixed 71 51% 67.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.37 80% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 44,086 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	64.7% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 23.6 MC Mixed 21.1 63% 22.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 20.2 56% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 55.4 72% 55.4 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 64%

Take a copy of your results How to check your in-game FPS

System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850) Builds (Compare 3,898 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	1,104x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	804x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	470x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	534x
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	165x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	117x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	71x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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