MSI Z87-G41 PC Mate(MS-7850)

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	65.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	90.4% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7850
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G41 PC Mate(MS-7850) (all builds)
Memory	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 16 '20 at 18:47
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Memory 94.2 1-Core 120 2-Core 211 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 471 8-Core 459 62% 465 Pts	64-Core 460 28% 460 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-$199 18,014 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Sapphire(174B E331) CLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.8.3 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.2% Good	Lighting 83.6 Reflection 58 Parallax 108 68% 83.1 fps	MRender 58.5 Gravity 82.8 Splatting 74.5 59% 71.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 223GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 345 170 179 188 197 184 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 447 Mixed 356 SusWrite 211 85% 378 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 89.7 4K Mixed 37.2 142% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 221 192% 287 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 108%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 409GB free Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 439 463 464 462 443 414 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 466 Mixed 436 SusWrite 448 105% 465 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 56.4 187% 67.3 MB/s	DQ Read 335 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 268 215% 302 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 125%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1TB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 77 67 67 73 70 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	37.4% Below average	Read 58 Write 1.7 Mixed 54.3 SusWrite 71.9 35% 46.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1.1 178% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	63.4% Good	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 19.9 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 20.4 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 59.3 67% 59.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 63%

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Gaming 44%

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Desktop 80%

Battleship

Workstation 37%

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

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	250x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	247x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	118x

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	51x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	55x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	37x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	32x

RAM
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	19x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	18x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	18x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $566

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 $179	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) $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