MSI Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850)

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	90.1% 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	62.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7850
Motherboard	MSI Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850) (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150811
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 27 '20 at 03:36
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	75.5% Very good	Memory 83.1 1-Core 113 2-Core 212 77% 136 Pts	4-Core 367 8-Core 581 58% 474 Pts	64-Core 546 34% 546 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% AMD(1002 6B76) CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.9.1 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Lighting 108 Reflection 89.2 Parallax 174 88% 123 fps	MRender 90.1 Gravity 121 Splatting 129 95% 113 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX900 256GB-$164 6,726 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 116GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.2.0s SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 196 175 176 194 160 MB/s Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	62.4% Good	Read 234 Write 182 Mixed 182 SusWrite 178 44% 194 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 75 4K Mixed 31 114% 43 MB/s	DQ Read 167 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 159 118% 156 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 90%
Corsair Force GT 60GB 1,562 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 13GB free Firmware: 1.3.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 78 77 78 77 78 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Read 405 Write 79.7 Mixed 127 SusWrite 77.6 38% 172 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 79.8 4K Mixed 33.5 122% 45.8 MB/s	DQ Read 105 DQ Write 81 DQ Mixed 91.8 69% 92.5 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1.5TB-$130 20,479 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 285GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 70 72 71 71 71 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	46.3% Average	Read 89.9 Write 98.1 Mixed 57 SusWrite 71.4 58% 79.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 114% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 69%
Seagate IronWolf 4TB (2016)-$95 26,217 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2.5TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 171 170 169 170 172 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 177 Mixed 78 SusWrite 170 107% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5474-020.A00LF 99U5474-020.A00LF 0420 F3-12800CL9-2GBRL 0420 F3-12800CL9-2GBRL 12GB 1333, 1333, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	45.5% Average	MC Read 15.2 MC Write 17.5 MC Mixed 14 44% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 12.8 SC Mixed 14.4 39% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 75.1 53% 75.1 ns

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850) Builds (Compare 3,903 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	1,105x
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 $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	71x

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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 $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