MSI Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850)

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	3.7% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	99.7% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7850
Motherboard	MSI Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850) (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 10 '18 at 10:18
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	IRL-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 4.5 GHz, turbo 5.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 135 2-Core 266 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 526 8-Core 521 70% 524 Pts	64-Core 512 32% 512 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 710 187,161 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 8C93) 2GB CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	3.7% Terrible	Lighting 4.37 Reflection 4.31 Parallax 4.12 4% 4.27 fps	MRender 3.9 Gravity 3.87 Splatting 6.17 4% 4.65 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.7% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 194GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4986 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1413 (B1) Unknown 96 96 74 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 61 24 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 72 72 28232 (EB) Unknown 99 99 92 (F1) Unknown 99 99 44931787463	99.7% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 403 Mixed 415 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 80.2 4K Mixed 39.2 133% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 113 138% 245 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 124%
Corsair Force GT 120GB-$155 13,464 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 74GB free Firmware: 1.3.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 92 92 3747987 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 -47270410042221 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5264 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 116 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 17 67 30069162001 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3747987 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3747987 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3747987 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 31186 (EA) Unknown 0 0 33091 (F1) Unknown 0 0 33091 (F2) Unknown 0 0 30956	44.3% Average	Read 452 Write 122 Mixed 174 54% 249 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 12.6 4K Mixed 9.55 54% 15.2 MB/s	DQ Read 94.5 DQ Write 38.8 DQ Mixed 23.4 29% 52.2 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 220905600 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 976 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6808566 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2272 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 678 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 79 65 352976917 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 64 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 76 76 48029 (C2) HDA temperature 21 40 30064771093 (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 -133255655323491 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6550030726 (F2) Unknown 100 253 8997320445	93.4% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 157 Mixed 151 120% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.25 90% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 114%
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95 28,095 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 265GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 162 158 4858 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4395 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 17876 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2990 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 216 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4390 (C2) HDA temperature 125 99 22 (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	35.3% Below average	Read 71.8 Write 51 Mixed 56.2 45% 59.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.37 97% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 69%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB-$60 30,974 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 172GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 72 72 9230 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12023 (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 96 96 21450 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 2 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7476 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 89 65 184942603 (C2) HDA temperature 84 64 268828688 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 80405 (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 15 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	66.3% Good	Read 111 Write 120 Mixed 112 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.5 132% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	73% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 23.2 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 23.5 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 53.8 74% 53.8 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 72%

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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	1,104x
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 $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 $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) $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