MSI Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850)

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


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 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	129% 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	67.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

System	MSI MS-7850
Motherboard	MSI Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 04 '17 at 21:48
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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 i7-4790-$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 way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 113 2-Core 201 79% 135 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 600 64% 509 Pts	64-Core 602 37% 602 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6694) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 3077 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 181 Reflection 196 Parallax 197 148% 191 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 176 Splatting 115 112% 140 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM841N 2.5 7mm 256GB 2,088 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM03D0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1785 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 88 88 434 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 9152 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 41941736562 (F2) Unknown 99 99 66623326525	67.7% Good	Read 505 Write 159 Mixed 221 64% 295 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 80.1 4K Mixed 21.2 116% 43.9 MB/s	DQ Read 30.2 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 18.6 34% 63.5 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 108%
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 9GB free Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 320 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1252 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 67 (A3) Unknown 100 100 24 (A4) Unknown 100 100 20453 (A5) Unknown 100 100 61 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 18 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 34 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 35481 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 97088 (F2) Unknown 100 100 139579 (F5) Unknown 100 100 163624	78.8% Very good	Read 526 Write 366 Mixed 423 97% 438 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 86 4K Mixed 21 111% 44.1 MB/s	DQ Read 28.8 DQ Write 88.6 DQ Mixed 70.2 50% 62.5 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 103%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 50GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 176 1925 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4812 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 12278 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1769 (BF) G-sense error rate 98 98 2 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 83 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 124 124 230596 (C2) HDA temperature 117 90 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (F0) Head flying hours 97 97 2632 (F1) Unknown 200 200 19073358474 (F2) Unknown 200 200 18687747070 (FE) Unknown 200 200 0	41.6% Average	Read 63 Write 81.7 Mixed 76.6 56% 73.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.18 65% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT41GU6BFR8C-PB 2x8GB 3,233 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	59.5% Above average	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 17.3 58% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 20.8 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 61%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850) - $100

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	1,107x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	807x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	471x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	536x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	300x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	258x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	169x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	129x
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	118x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	72x

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Total price: $748

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $45	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