MSI Z97 PC Mate

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	17.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7950
Motherboard	MSI Z97 PC Mate (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 29 '21 at 22:46
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 above expectations (78^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 117 2-Core 197 79% 135 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 597 62% 501 Pts	64-Core 609 38% 609 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1637 MHz, MLim: 1857 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 461.40 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	17.7% Very poor	Lighting 2.9 Reflection 66.8 Parallax 59.3 2% 43 fps	MRender 63 Gravity 61.1 Splatting 52.3 48% 58.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 17.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$140 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 84GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 4,660 Write 4,443 Mixed 4,290 997% 4,464 MB/s	4K Read 546 4K Write 318 4K Mixed 383 1,486% 416 MB/s	DQ Read 1,139 DQ Write 892 DQ Mixed 941 724% 991 MB/s
Poor: 81% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$25 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 211GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 34 54 57 84 158 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	Read 178 Write 141 Mixed 72.6 SusWrite 77.8 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	60.5% Good	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 19 60% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 18.6 54% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.5% 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 Z97 PC Mate Builds (Compare 5 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 64%

Destroyer

Desktop 83%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 53%

Yacht

Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC Mate

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	2x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	1x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	3x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	1x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1x

SSD
SSDNow KC400 256GBKingston $48Bench 85%, 2,939 samples	3x
M4 64GBCrucial $92Bench 55%, 7,336 samples	1x

RAM
64C0MHHHJ-HS 4x4GBUnknownBench 47%, 399 samples	3x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBKingstonBench 52%, 19,522 samples	1x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	1x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $674

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	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