MSI Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 94%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 79%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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.
ProcessorWith 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 82%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics120% 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 DriveThe 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMSI MS-7850
MotherboardMSI Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850)  (all builds)
Memory10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150811
Uptime4.1 Days
Run DateJun 30 '18 at 05:52
Run Duration126 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 23%

 PC Performing below expectations (36th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
82% Excellent
Memory 90.9
1-Core 118
2-Core 212
81% 140 Pts
4-Core 394
8-Core 617
62% 506 Pts
64-Core 631
39% 631 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 82%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.11
Performing below potential (30th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
120% Outstanding
Lighting 165
Reflection 186
Parallax 178
135% 176 fps
MRender 118
Gravity 158
Splatting 112
104% 129 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 120%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
PNY CS900 120GB-$25
26GB free
Firmware: CS900211
SusWrite @10s intervals: 275 234 243 243 239 238 MB/s
Performing above expectations (65th percentile)
75.1% Very good
Read 372
Write 271
Mixed 307
SusWrite 245
67% 299 MB/s
4K Read 22.5
4K Write 87.8
4K Mixed 24.6
112% 45 MB/s
DQ Read 200
DQ Write 324
DQ Mixed 161
151% 228 MB/s
Poor: 42%
This bench: 75.1%
Great: 87%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30
345GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 88 80 99 98 94 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (9th percentile)
57.9% Above average
Read 112
Write 134
Mixed 62.5
SusWrite 89.9
73% 99.6 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 1.1
213% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 57.9%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 8GBH2X04F1AA28-15 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing below potential (5th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
29.8% Poor
MC Read 10
MC Write 10.4
MC Mixed 8.9
28% 9.77 GB/s
SC Read 5
SC Write 8.3
SC Mixed 7.4
20% 6.9 GB/s
Latency 65.9
61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 31%
This bench: 29.8%
Great: 69%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850) Builds (Compare 3,902 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $748
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