MSI Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850)

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	87% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	50.8% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7850
Motherboard	MSI Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850) (all builds)
Memory	6.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141223
Uptime	17.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 11 '18 at 00:16
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	Memory 82.7 1-Core 108 2-Core 210 76% 133 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 385 52% 390 Pts	64-Core 376 23% 376 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 112 Parallax 105 90% 109 fps	MRender 93.2 Gravity 99.4 Splatting 100 80% 97.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 88%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 7850) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.94% Terrible	Lighting 4.07 Reflection 6.65 Parallax 6.44 3% 5.72 fps	MRender 8.29 Gravity 2.57 Splatting 7.7 5% 6.18 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.94% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra 3D 250GB-$50 5,775 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 79GB free Firmware: X61170RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 224 201 203 203 200 203 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 328 Mixed 209 SusWrite 206 68% 307 MB/s	4K Read 38.5 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 49.3 177% 64.5 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 252 208% 301 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 106%
PNY SSD2SC240G1CS1754D117-820 240GB 5,703 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 107GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS111101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 254 266 197 202 149 189 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	50.8% Above average	Read 390 Write 205 Mixed 251 SusWrite 210 59% 264 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 7.3 4K Mixed 23 71% 18.4 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 87%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 165GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 111 113 114 114 114 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Read 105 Write 106 Mixed 72.5 SusWrite 113 73% 99.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 1 183% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 285GB free Firmware: HP35 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 111 112 111 111 111 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	65% Good	Read 116 Write 74 Mixed 66.3 SusWrite 111 68% 91.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 180% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4GBH1X04F1AA28-15 0420 0420 0118 4GBH1X04F1AA28-15 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1867, 1333, 1333, 1867 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	49.9% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 15.9 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 16.1 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 75.6 53% 75.6 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 50%

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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%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850) - $100

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	1,108x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	808x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	472x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	536x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	300x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	259x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	169x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	130x
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	119x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16