MSI Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850)

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 79.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). 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	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141223
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 19 '17 at 07:58
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Memory 91 1-Core 107 2-Core 220 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 388 52% 390 Pts	64-Core 403 25% 403 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST31000340AS 1TB-$136 7,908 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 768GB free Firmware: SD15 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 90 77 97543109 (03) Spinup time 91 84 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3902 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1925 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 267428682777 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 29938 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 17 (0C) Power cycle count 98 37 3020 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 16904 (BC) Unknown 100 97 64425623592 (BD) vendor-specific 71 71 29 (BE) vendor-specific 77 58 387121175 (C2) HDA temperature 23 42 55834574871 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 43 21 97543109 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 122 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 122 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	46.6% Average	Read 91.8 Write 70.5 Mixed 66 57% 76.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.37 94% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 723GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC1H Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 82572949 (03) Spinup time 100 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2239 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 68 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 197933716 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 26624 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 37 2196 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 30065229835 (BD) vendor-specific 68 68 32 (BE) vendor-specific 75 58 420741145 (C2) HDA temperature 25 42 60129542169 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 36 20 82572949 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -42868068554937 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1828921602 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4207473537	47% Average	Read 79.9 Write 83.9 Mixed 72.3 59% 78.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.26 4K Write 1.06 4K Mixed 0.34 68% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 70%
H/W JBOD 6TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 4TB free, PID 0551 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	18.2% Very poor	Read 40.7 Write 42.1 Mixed 40.7 53% 41.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 0.96 4K Mixed 0.21 42% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 18.2% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Value DDR3 1600 C11 2x8GB 5,391 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.9% Below average	MC Read 10.7 MC Write 10.9 MC Mixed 8.8 29% 10.1 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 10 SC Mixed 9.9 27% 9.37 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 61%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	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 $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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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 $178	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