MSI Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850)

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 90.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	84.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	71.4% 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.

Very high background CPU (43%). 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	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150811
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 08 '18 at 23:55
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	43%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Memory 94.5 1-Core 120 2-Core 252 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 495 8-Core 500 66% 498 Pts	64-Core 489 30% 489 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 112 Parallax 95.2 88% 105 fps	MRender 94.8 Gravity 95.8 Splatting 97 79% 95.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 88%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 7850) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 189 193 194 197 191 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	Read 476 Write 189 Mixed 217 SusWrite 191 59% 268 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 13.6 115% 49.2 MB/s	DQ Read 160 DQ Write 199 DQ Mixed 78.2 87% 146 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 78%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 200 200 201 200 200 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Read 120 Write 94 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 199 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 185GB free Firmware: CC4H SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 139 137 138 138 136 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Read 166 Write 169 Mixed 78.7 SusWrite 137 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 162% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 112%
WD My Passport 0820 1TB 16,483 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 472GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 82 83 81 82 82 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	36.9% Below average	Read 90.3 Write 90.3 Mixed 53.5 SusWrite 81.8 106% 79 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 94% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GB-$35 38,490 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	67.4% Good	MC Read 24.3 MC Write 25.1 MC Mixed 20.6 67% 23.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 20 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 58.6 68% 58.6 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 67%

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Typical Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850) Builds (Compare 3,902 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	1,105x
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 $37Bench 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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $748

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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