MSI Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850)

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 80.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	90.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	MSI MS-7850
Motherboard	MSI Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850) (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150811
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	May 02 '18 at 18:26
Run Duration	321 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 105 2-Core 208 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 406 54% 405 Pts	64-Core 406 25% 406 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 73%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 7850) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.4889 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	3.48% Terrible	Lighting 3.47 Reflection 5.77 Parallax 5.53 3% 4.92 fps	MRender 8.1 Gravity 2.33 Splatting 6.78 5% 5.74 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.48% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Zotac(19DA 1438) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.1% Good	Lighting 76.4 Reflection 76.3 Parallax 67.7 62% 73.5 fps	MRender 73.2 Gravity 69.7 Splatting 72.2 59% 71.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 176GB free Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14691 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3323 (B1) Unknown 95 95 50 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 41 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 1 1 324788 (EB) Unknown 99 99 249 (F1) Unknown 99 99 60170353822	83.2% Excellent	Read 490 Write 336 Mixed 253 79% 360 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 64.3 4K Mixed 19.6 116% 40.6 MB/s	DQ Read 256 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 70.3 89% 161 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 126%
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 167GB free Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6908 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 54 (A8) Unknown 100 100 48 (AA) Unknown 100 100 385 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 23 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 48 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 146	75% Very good	Read 493 Write 336 Mixed 265 80% 365 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 61 4K Mixed 9.68 91% 33.8 MB/s	DQ Read 257 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 44 76% 151 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 97%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 48GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 24700 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 171 (B1) Unknown 98 98 26 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 43 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 75 (F1) Unknown 99 99 22233636406	104% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 396 Mixed 263 85% 385 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 81 4K Mixed 43.8 162% 55.5 MB/s	DQ Read 267 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 113 118% 195 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 134%
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 5 0 5 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 26755 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2043 (E8) Unknown 100 100 23229678837 (E9) Unknown 97 0 97	90.7% Outstanding	Read 426 Write 362 Mixed 354 85% 380 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 32 133% 53.1 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 111 123% 208 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 104%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 321GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 70 (03) Spinup time 139 139 30092624272 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 370 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 35237 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 281 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 417 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 417 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 219044511782 (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 200 200 0	81.6% Excellent	Read 121 Write 164 Mixed 8.39 70% 97.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.17 81% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 107%
WDC WD30 EFRX-68EUZN0 3TB 87 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 3TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	Read 141 Write 139 Mixed 92.7 155% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 2.58 4K Mixed 0.28 101% 1.26 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 59%
WDC WD30 EFRX-68EUZN0 3TB 87 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 3TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	58.1% Above average	Read 141 Write 141 Mixed 80.1 149% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.29 88% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 59%
WDC WD30 EFRX-68EUZN0 3TB 87 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 2.5TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	Read 143 Write 135 Mixed 103 159% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.28 101% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 59%
WDC WD30 EFRX-68EUZN0 3TB 87 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 2TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	55.7% Above average	Read 132 Write 132 Mixed 97.4 152% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.44 4K Mixed 0.25 95% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 16GB 360 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	60.5% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 18.2 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 19.8 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 63%

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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	1,105x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	805x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	471x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	535x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	299x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	258x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	167x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	128x
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	117x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	71x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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