MSI Z87-G41 PC Mate(MS-7850)

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	31.1% 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	91.3% 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.

System	MSI MS-7850
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G41 PC Mate(MS-7850) (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 08 '17 at 19:15
Run Duration	107 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 96.2 1-Core 118 2-Core 235 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 471 62% 466 Pts	64-Core 471 29% 471 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Gigabyte(1458 2272) CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	31.1% Below average	Lighting 39.5 Reflection 35.6 Parallax 48 32% 41 fps	MRender 31.2 Gravity 32.9 Splatting 39.7 29% 34.6 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 31.1% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5936 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 921 (B1) Unknown 97 97 58 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 56 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 53 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20840683155	91.3% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 419 Mixed 421 101% 452 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 80 4K Mixed 27.3 144% 50.4 MB/s	DQ Read 44.5 DQ Write 71.9 DQ Mixed 105 66% 73.8 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 389GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 170 2316 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1678 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 17857 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1673 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 224 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1453 (C2) HDA temperature 115 102 28 (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	93.5% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 149 Mixed 133 114% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 3.13 4K Mixed 0.3 122% 1.39 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 1,351 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	72.8% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 23.4 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 22.2 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 53.3 75% 53.3 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 75%

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Gaming 44%

Speed boat

Desktop 80%

Battleship

Workstation 37%

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Motherboard: MSI Z87-G41 PC Mate(MS-7850) - $249

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	250x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	247x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	118x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	78x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	74x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	51x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	55x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	37x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	32x

RAM
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	19x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	18x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	18x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $566

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 $40	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