MSI Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850)

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


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 88.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.7% 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	93.8% 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.

System	MSI MS-7850
Motherboard	MSI Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850) (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jun 22 '20 at 01:23
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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 i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 133 2-Core 263 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 695 71% 572 Pts	64-Core 695 43% 695 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan X-$615 15,621 User benchmarks, average bench 75% EVGA(3842 1999) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 125 Parallax 110 91% 116 fps	MRender 95.9 Gravity 106 Splatting 95.1 81% 98.9 fps
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 272 162 147 130 128 131 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 361 Mixed 331 SusWrite 162 76% 343 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 44.8 162% 61.8 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 195 175% 262 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 103%
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 105GB free Firmware: 3202 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 146 174 176 208 164 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	52.5% Above average	Read 230 Write 176 Mixed 232 SusWrite 170 45% 202 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 34 4K Mixed 26.3 85% 27.5 MB/s	DQ Read 156 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 148 108% 142 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 94%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 295GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 97 98 98 98 96 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Read 168 Write 142 Mixed 84.5 SusWrite 97 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 248% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 109%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 912GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 71 73 73 74 73 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	43.3% Average	Read 78.2 Write 71.5 Mixed 77.2 SusWrite 72.6 56% 74.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 118% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 67%
Lacie Rugged THB USB3 1TB 422 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 196GB free Firmware: 1153 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 85 84 84 84 85 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	48.9% Average	Read 87 Write 58.9 Mixed 51.7 SusWrite 83.7 52% 70.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 102% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 4x4GB 14,299 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	62.1% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.7 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 20 59% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 58.6 68% 58.6 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 64%

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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	1,105x
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	166x
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