MSI Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850)

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	69.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	54.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

8 months ago, 8 months ago, 8 months ago, 8 months ago, 8 months ago, 8 months ago, 8 months ago, 8 months ago, 8 months ago, 8 months ago, 7 months ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7850
Motherboard	MSI Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850) (all builds)
Memory	28.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 12 '23 at 18:13
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1285L v4 111 User benchmarks, average bench 82% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	Memory 80.9 1-Core 111 2-Core 216 77% 136 Pts	4-Core 361 8-Core 570 57% 465 Pts	64-Core 565 35% 565 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$240 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% MSI(1462 C75A) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 536.99 Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	69.4% Good	Lighting 87.3 Reflection 84.9 Parallax 79.2 71% 83.8 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 74.2 Splatting 67.2 66% 82.8 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Verbatim Vi550 S3 256GB 433 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 134GB free (System drive) Firmware: V0718B0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.4 105 4.1 4.1 78 5.6 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	54.5% Above average	Read 490 Write 353 Mixed 337 SusWrite 34 67% 303 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 67.7 4K Mixed 20 104% 38.6 MB/s	DQ Read 82 DQ Write 11 DQ Mixed 0.5 12% 31.2 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 92%
Verbatim Vi550 S3 256GB 433 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 238GB free Firmware: V0718B0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 290 273 289 291 282 292 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Read 497 Write 430 Mixed 417 SusWrite 286 92% 408 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 72.6 4K Mixed 22 111% 41.3 MB/s	DQ Read 133 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 31.4 80% 162 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 92%
Vi3000 Internal PCIe NVMe M.2 SSD 1TB 74 User benchmarks, average bench 267% 780GB free Firmware: H220902a Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 891 809 882 892 861 902 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	193% Outstanding	Read 1,203 Write 1,160 Mixed 1,137 SusWrite 873 246% 1093 MB/s	4K Read 46.8 4K Write 79.8 4K Mixed 57.8 187% 61.5 MB/s	DQ Read 836 DQ Write 639 DQ Mixed 722 544% 732 MB/s
Poor: 154% ↑ This bench: 193% Great: 361%
WD Blue 2.5" 640GB (2009)-$152 5,563 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 312GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 50 47 48 51 51 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	28.5% Poor	Read 51.6 Write 54.5 Mixed 27.4 SusWrite 47.7 33% 45.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.5 93% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 28.5% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL9 Series 4x8GB 1,306 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1601 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	MC Read 39.2 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 23.5 81% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 18.8 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 79 51% 79 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 75%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	70	58	165	27"	1280 720	LEN66F8 Y27-30

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Typical Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850) Builds (Compare 3,921 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	1,111x
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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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