MSI Z87-G41 PC Mate(MS-7850)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 75.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	101% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (17%). 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 Z87-G41 PC Mate(MS-7850) (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130426
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '20 at 08:17
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Memory 88.7 1-Core 102 2-Core 196 75% 129 Pts	4-Core 342 8-Core 475 52% 408 Pts	64-Core 484 30% 484 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% MSI(1462 C752) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing below potential (62^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 117 Parallax 123 101% 122 fps	MRender 171 Gravity 110 Splatting 101 101% 127 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX900 256GB-$164 6,726 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2a Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 358 Write 243 Mixed 268 64% 290 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 65 4K Mixed 36.8 129% 44.5 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 217 DQ Mixed 96.4 116% 204 MB/s
Poor: 58% Great: 90%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$28 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 126GB free Firmware: 0A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 158 156 156 135 160 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Read 117 Write 111 Mixed 98 SusWrite 153 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.2 243% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 22,320 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.1% Above average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 19.4 MC Mixed 15.5 50% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 14.3 42% 14.5 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 63%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z87-G41 PC Mate(MS-7850) Builds (Compare 1,049 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 44%

Speed boat

Desktop 80%

Battleship

Workstation 37%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z87-G41 PC Mate(MS-7850) - $249

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	252x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	248x
Core i7-4770Intel $65Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	119x

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	53x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	56x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	37x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	33x

RAM
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	20x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	18x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	18x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $562

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16