MSI Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850)

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	112% 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 Drive	82.4% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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System	MSI MS-7850
Motherboard	MSI Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850) (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '19 at 18:21
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 130 2-Core 245 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 696 70% 566 Pts	64-Core 698 43% 698 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 149 Reflection 154 Parallax 143 122% 149 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 145 Splatting 114 102% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370S 128GB-$70 10,510 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 5GB free Firmware: O0918B Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 516 Write 200 Mixed 254 71% 324 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 46.8 170% 63 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 176 135% 188 MB/s
Poor: 54% Great: 90%
Intel 330 Series 120GB-$188 11,188 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: 300i SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 92 96 96 103 124 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Read 419 Write 134 Mixed 184 SusWrite 103 46% 210 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 43.1 170% 64 MB/s	DQ Read 198 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 138 110% 157 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 80%
NE-128 128GB 3,172 User benchmarks, average bench 119% 13GB free Firmware: R0629A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 45 54 54 54 39 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	65.3% Good	Read 777 Write 69.1 Mixed 101 SusWrite 51.3 53% 250 MB/s	4K Read 45.9 4K Write 36 4K Mixed 6.1 96% 29.3 MB/s	DQ Read 140 DQ Write 68.8 DQ Mixed 6.7 31% 71.8 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 173%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 133 133 135 135 136 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Read 124 Write 125 Mixed 71.6 SusWrite 134 83% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1 208% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 101%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 710GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 79 79 80 81 81 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	55.7% Above average	Read 114 Write 115 Mixed 76.1 SusWrite 79.6 71% 96.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 183% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 0420 F3-1600C9-8GXM 16GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	44.4% Average	MC Read 15.2 MC Write 14.8 MC Mixed 12.9 41% 14.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 14.4 42% 14.5 GB/s	Latency 56.7 70% 56.7 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 61%

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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	1,104x
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	165x
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 $184	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) $35	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