MSI Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850)

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 68.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	19.6% 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	107% 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 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	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 01 '17 at 20:09
Run Duration	640 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Pentium G3258-$31 23,497 User benchmarks, average bench 53% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	68.6% Good	Memory 94.1 1-Core 128 2-Core 254 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 252 8-Core 254 34% 253 Pts	64-Core 255 16% 255 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 260X-$120 38,521 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Asus(1043 04D3) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 13.251.9001.1001 Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	19.6% Very poor	Lighting 25.2 Reflection 29.2 Parallax 30.7 20% 28.4 fps	MRender 20.8 Gravity 24.7 Splatting 20.1 18% 21.9 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 19.6% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 460 240GB-$203 1,730 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 128GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7451 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 351 (AB) Unknown 100 100 81804112 (AE) Unknown 100 100 106 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 32 (D2) Unknown 100 100 6 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2602 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1990 (F9) Unknown 100 100 103398691	107% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 479 Mixed 479 110% 490 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 33.7 142% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 84.6 130% 247 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 105%
Spcc Solid State Disk 120GB 22,489 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 112GB free Firmware: SVN207a Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^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 0 (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 100 100 5757 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 211 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 262146 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 1 1 4299423745 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 2060 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 138 (C2) HDA temperature 60 60 257700003880 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 10 10 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 264508928 (EA) Unknown 100 100 126504320 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 29493667 (F2) Unknown 100 100 23535985	113% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 427 Mixed 471 105% 471 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 39.1 174% 63 MB/s	DQ Read 314 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 72.6 119% 229 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 83%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 867GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 174 2241 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1837 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5289 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 532 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 181 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1655 (C2) HDA temperature 114 105 29 (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	83.7% Excellent	Read 203 Write 89.2 Mixed 111 100% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.31 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.17 95% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 109%
Generic Storage Device 0GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 3% 0GB free, PID 1336 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	1.78% Terrible	Read 7.56 Write 1.5 Mixed 2.3 4% 3.79 MB/s	4K Read 0.14 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.06 6% 0.1 MB/s
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.78% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 22,320 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	63.6% Good	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 23.4 MC Mixed 21.3 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 23.4 SC Mixed 20.4 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 59.6 67% 59.6 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 63%

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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	1,106x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	806x
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	168x
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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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 $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