MSI Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850)

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	90% 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	122% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). 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	4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20141223
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 29 '18 at 05:45
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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 4.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Memory 95.5 1-Core 129 2-Core 261 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 514 67% 505 Pts	64-Core 514 32% 514 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% PowerColor(148C 2388) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1590 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.2.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90% Outstanding	Lighting 111 Reflection 89.9 Parallax 163 90% 121 fps	MRender 88.6 Gravity 103 Splatting 127 90% 106 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D 500GB-$67 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 281GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 406 401 393 408 410 405 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 265 Mixed 312 SusWrite 404 84% 374 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 56.4 199% 72.9 MB/s	DQ Read 347 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 287 229% 320 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 117%
Crucial MX100 128GB-$74 9,892 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 69GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 184 184 184 182 182 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Read 463 Write 184 Mixed 226 SusWrite 183 58% 264 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 42.9 168% 66.1 MB/s	DQ Read 312 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 157 142% 218 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 89%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 428GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 146 146 147 147 147 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Read 146 Write 143 Mixed 83 SusWrite 146 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 1 188% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 303GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 108 108 106 106 106 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	63% Good	Read 112 Write 108 Mixed 79.3 SusWrite 107 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 223% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 44,086 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	64.3% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 20.2 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 23.4 SC Mixed 20.5 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 55.5 72% 55.5 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 64%

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

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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 $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 $133	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