MSI Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850)

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 65.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	82.6% 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	56% 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.

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System	MSI MS-7850
Motherboard	MSI Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850) (all builds)
Memory	11 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	2.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 30 '20 at 06:49
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$55 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	65.5% Good	Memory 78.4 1-Core 95.6 2-Core 192 70% 122 Pts	4-Core 301 8-Core 325 41% 313 Pts	64-Core 326 20% 326 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.5% 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: 432.00 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.6% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 108 Parallax 101 85% 105 fps	MRender 94 Gravity 96.8 Splatting 92.8 77% 94.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.6% 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)	3.96% Terrible	Lighting 4.2 Reflection 7.54 Parallax 7.16 3% 6.3 fps	MRender 6.57 Gravity 2.43 Splatting 8.48 5% 5.83 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.96% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra 3D 250GB-$50 5,775 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 105GB free Firmware: X61170RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 196 203 197 197 191 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	66.1% Good	Read 417 Write 318 Mixed 214 SusWrite 201 64% 287 MB/s	4K Read 13.8 4K Write 34.3 4K Mixed 23 68% 23.7 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 187 184% 295 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 106%
PNY SSD2SC240G1CS1754D117-820 240GB 5,703 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 118GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS111101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 245 246 189 201 195 198 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	56% Above average	Read 321 Write 258 Mixed 225 SusWrite 212 57% 254 MB/s	4K Read 11.2 4K Write 29.6 4K Mixed 19.6 58% 20.1 MB/s	DQ Read 269 DQ Write 265 DQ Mixed 174 156% 236 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 87%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$39 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 341GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 100 101 101 102 101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	67.3% Good	Read 134 Write 130 Mixed 81.7 SusWrite 101 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.2 216% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 132GB free Firmware: HP35 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 102 104 104 105 105 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	57.2% Above average	Read 95.2 Write 43.5 Mixed 55.7 SusWrite 104 55% 74.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 57.2% 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	40.8% Average	MC Read 14 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 13.3 40% 14 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 13.1 SC Mixed 11.9 34% 11.8 GB/s	Latency 83.5 48% 83.5 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 40.8% 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%

Jet ski

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

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	1,111x
Core i5-4690KIntel $55Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	810x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	472x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	540x
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 $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	130x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $36Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	106x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	167x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	119x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	72x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16