MSI Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850)

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


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 a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	49.1% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7850
Motherboard	MSI Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20141223
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 22 '20 at 15:28
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

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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 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 116 2-Core 224 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 477 8-Core 466 63% 471 Pts	64-Core 461 28% 461 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 442.74 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Lighting 79.5 Reflection 80.5 Parallax 78.1 65% 79.4 fps	MRender 74.2 Gravity 76 Splatting 76.3 62% 75.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba OCZ TL100 240GB-$56 10,555 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFZ10.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 65 6.7 34 12 35 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	49.1% Average	Read 478 Write 90.8 Mixed 143 SusWrite 38.3 40% 187 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 33.9 4K Mixed 15.8 94% 28.8 MB/s	DQ Read 7.6 DQ Write 5.5 DQ Mixed 2.6 3% 5.23 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 89%
SSD 240GB 38,401 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 21GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 259 89 88 64 53 54 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	62.2% Good	Read 469 Write 336 Mixed 322 SusWrite 101 68% 307 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 42.2 4K Mixed 27.6 106% 34 MB/s	DQ Read 149 DQ Write 60.8 DQ Mixed 61.9 57% 90.6 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 129GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 79 63 83 85 91 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	41.8% Average	Read 64.2 Write 67.3 Mixed 45.8 SusWrite 81.4 48% 64.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 154% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16G-D3-1600-MR 2x8GB 1,434 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	61.6% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 20 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 19.6 52% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 59.7 67% 59.7 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 61%

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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%

Jet ski

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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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