MSI Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850)

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


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 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 77.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	102% 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.
Boot Drive	81.4% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (38%). 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	14.6 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	5.7 Days
Run Date	Jan 03 '21 at 08:48
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	38%

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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 i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	77.3% Very good	Memory 94.3 1-Core 95 2-Core 185 74% 125 Pts	4-Core 326 8-Core 600 55% 463 Pts	64-Core 613 38% 613 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 84%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 136 Parallax 140 103% 134 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 135 Splatting 119 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%
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 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 132GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 377 229 149 152 154 155 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Read 419 Write 450 Mixed 304 SusWrite 203 77% 344 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 83.9 4K Mixed 39.6 138% 50.5 MB/s	DQ Read 84.3 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 120 119% 182 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 107%
SanDisk SSD 128GB-$84 8,513 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 17GB free Firmware: 2.0.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 18 19 18 15 18 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	27.1% Poor	Read 300 Write 34.3 Mixed 84.5 SusWrite 17.9 24% 109 MB/s	4K Read 19.2 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 11.7 46% 11.5 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 27.1% Great: 56%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 202 203 203 201 204 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 151 Mixed 82.5 SusWrite 200 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 114%
ASMT 2115 1TB 4,577 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 28GB free, PID 1153 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 120 127 123 127 122 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	43.7% Average	Read 94.7 Write 91.2 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 124 127% 93 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 57% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 167%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M1A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M1A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 24GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 18.4 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 20.1 SC Mixed 19 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 59 68% 59 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 64%

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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	1,118x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	814x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	476x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	542x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	301x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	259x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	169x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 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	121x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	72x

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