MSI Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850)

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 78.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	118% 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 (20%). 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	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150811
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 21 '21 at 06:19
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Memory 89 1-Core 118 2-Core 196 79% 134 Pts	4-Core 364 8-Core 587 58% 476 Pts	64-Core 606 38% 606 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$383 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 86C7) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.11 Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	118% Outstanding	Lighting 155 Reflection 153 Parallax 156 127% 155 fps	MRender 169 Gravity 142 Splatting 120 115% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 240GB 86,316 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF4500RL Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 437 Write 263 Mixed 37.7 53% 246 MB/s	4K Read 14.2 4K Write 8 4K Mixed 13.6 43% 11.9 MB/s
Poor: 33% Great: 56%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 497GB 5,027 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 33GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 397 387 392 325 312 237 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Read 479 Write 438 Mixed 433 SusWrite 342 95% 423 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 54.4 4K Mixed 45.6 146% 46.3 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 197 156% 225 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 128%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-2400C11-4GXM 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 0420 F3-2400C11-4GXM 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 16GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	54.6% Above average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 20.2 MC Mixed 16.1 54% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 16.8 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 68.5 58% 68.5 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 60%

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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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Gaming 42%

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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 $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	809x
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 $38Bench 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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $748

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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