MSI Z87-G41 PC Mate(MS-7850)

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	17.7% 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	64.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 29 '18 at 16:46
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Memory 95 1-Core 128 2-Core 254 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 483 8-Core 468 64% 476 Pts	64-Core 493 30% 493 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5850 15,020 User benchmarks, average bench 15% PwrHis(1787 2290) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	17.7% Very poor	Lighting 24.6 Reflection 13.8 Parallax 21.8 20% 20.1 fps	MRender 11.9 Gravity 17.7 Splatting 17.8 13% 15.8 fps
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 17.7% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron_m 550_MTFDDAV2 256GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 136GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 42 42 42 42 42 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	18.9% Very poor	Read 40.8 Write 42.3 Mixed 39 SusWrite 42.1 9% 41 MB/s	4K Read 12.4 4K Write 15.2 4K Mixed 13 44% 13.5 MB/s	DQ Read 25.5 DQ Write 25.5 DQ Mixed 25.4 19% 25.5 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 18.9% Great: 21%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 322 357 360 351 364 365 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	64.7% Good	Read 488 Write 349 Mixed 214 SusWrite 353 78% 351 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 25.6 4K Mixed 13.1 69% 21.5 MB/s	DQ Read 124 DQ Write 23.9 DQ Mixed 35.2 36% 61 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 86%
WD WD5002AALX-00J37A0 500GB 10,663 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 465GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 109 109 109 109 109 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	63.6% Good	Read 113 Write 100 Mixed 79.3 SusWrite 108 74% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.7 151% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 72%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 795GB free Firmware: 20.04F20 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 102 104 104 104 104 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	60.4% Good	Read 106 Write 98.7 Mixed 77 SusWrite 103 71% 96.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 0.9 183% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-149.A01LF 4x4GB 470 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	63.9% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 23.3 MC Mixed 20.1 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 19 56% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 57.1 70% 57.1 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 63%

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Gaming 44%

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Desktop 80%

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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 $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