MSI Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850)

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	109% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	53.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7850
Motherboard	MSI Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 05 '17 at 05:03
Run Duration	210 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 95.2 1-Core 131 2-Core 260 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 473 8-Core 480 64% 477 Pts	64-Core 528 33% 528 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6181) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 153 Parallax 144 116% 146 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 139 Splatting 115 100% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 112GB free Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -95623150962072 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4591 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 3989 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 3744764 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3989 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 501129 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 64 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 501129 (F2) Unknown 100 100 918056 (F9) Unknown 100 100 21624	62.7% Good	Read 504 Write 152 Mixed 228 64% 295 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 72.8 4K Mixed 12.7 103% 39.1 MB/s	DQ Read 32.2 DQ Write 146 DQ Mixed 12.8 32% 63.6 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 88%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4443 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1749 (A5) Unknown 100 100 137469559190 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 58 (A8) Unknown 100 100 16 (A9) Unknown 100 100 521 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5 (AE) Unknown 100 100 906 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 64 274879086618 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1168235757840 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2428 (EA) Unknown 100 100 8265 (F1) Unknown 253 253 6886 (F2) Unknown 253 253 9708 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	53.2% Above average	Read 469 Write 221 Mixed 251 69% 314 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 35.1 4K Mixed 9.59 68% 23.1 MB/s	DQ Read 25 DQ Write 35.2 DQ Mixed 9.48 13% 23.2 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 218900672 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7686 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 56 77353956772 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12455 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3284 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 50 487784476 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1413 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 80 80 40422 (C2) HDA temperature 28 50 73014444060 (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 119198227369308 (F1) Unknown 100 253 46877619023 (F2) Unknown 100 253 48702656607	85.3% Excellent	Read 219 Write 78.7 Mixed 161 116% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.37 86% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 218GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 179277992 (03) Spinup time 98 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 914 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 14169937 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1445 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 354 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 75 55 454230041 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 64 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8281 (C2) HDA temperature 25 45 68719476761 (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 -112356344462729 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9593437454 (F2) Unknown 100 253 8961485406	66% Good	Read 108 Write 122 Mixed 89.3 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.14 56% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 114%
Seagate FreeAgent 1.5TB 1,031 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 309GB free, PID 3008 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	19% Very poor	Read 38.1 Write 38.7 Mixed 36.8 49% 37.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.52 75% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 19% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBH2X04F1AA28-15 2x8GB 4,851 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	69.3% Good	MC Read 24.2 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 21.9 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 22.9 62% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 56.6 71% 56.6 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 69%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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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	805x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	470x

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 $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

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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