MSI Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850)

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	100% 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	70.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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.

System	MSI MS-7850
Motherboard	MSI Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850) (all builds)
Memory	3.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140627
Uptime	14.9 Days
Run Date	Aug 24 '23 at 22:39
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$55 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	73.9% Very good	Memory 90.3 1-Core 104 2-Core 204 77% 133 Pts	4-Core 335 8-Core 329 45% 332 Pts	64-Core 372 23% 372 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 537.13 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	100% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 132 Parallax 129 101% 128 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 132 Splatting 116 99% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 240GB-$20 61,417 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS900615 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 142 145 110 89 57 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	Read 294 Write 319 Mixed 316 SusWrite 118 59% 262 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 80.6 4K Mixed 36.3 122% 46.2 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 208 184% 273 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 91%
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 560GB free Firmware: X35510RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 287 249 224 224 222 217 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	67.3% Good	Read 228 Write 304 Mixed 278 SusWrite 237 59% 262 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 78.9 4K Mixed 22.6 107% 41.9 MB/s	DQ Read 319 DQ Write 208 DQ Mixed 74.6 107% 201 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 107%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$49 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 375GB free Firmware: 0002SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 76 75 75 74 75 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	45.7% Average	Read 84.3 Write 78.7 Mixed 45.6 SusWrite 74.8 52% 70.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 134% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 58%
ST950056 20AS 500GB 464GB free, PID 6116 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 37 38 38 33 24 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples

WD Elements 1.5TB 5,064 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 722GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 33 34 27 33 32 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	13.6% Very poor	Read 27.6 Write 27.9 Mixed 26.7 SusWrite 32 39% 28.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.1 33% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 13.6% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 991776 (996776) 2x4GB 133 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.6% Above average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 16.4 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 14.1 44% 15.4 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 1: 0P 0R 0G 1B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
1%	3%	33	215	59	60	23.8"	1920 1080	SAM717D LS24A40xV

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Typical Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850) Builds (Compare 3,924 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	1,111x
Core i5-4690KIntel $55Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	810x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	473x

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 $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	119x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	72x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	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 i5-13600K $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 $44	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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