MSI Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850)

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (19th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 81 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.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 45.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	45.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The 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.
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.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7850
Motherboard	MSI Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850) (all builds)
Memory	7.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140627
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 16 '20 at 22:39
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing way below expectations (19^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-$50 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	45.1% Average	Memory 36.6 1-Core 80.4 2-Core 172 50% 96.2 Pts	4-Core 310 8-Core 299 41% 305 Pts	64-Core 286 18% 286 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2972) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	45.2% Average	Lighting 55 Reflection 64.4 Parallax 64.2 45% 61.2 fps	MRender 64.4 Gravity 56.6 Splatting 50.1 46% 57 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS200T2B0A-00SM50 2TB 8,872 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 201GB free Firmware: 411040WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 367 249 364 455 468 402 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 387 Write 414 Mixed 346 SusWrite 384 86% 383 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 91.4 4K Mixed 47.4 154% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 213 197% 304 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 117%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$24 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 343GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 58 65 59 85 117 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	24.4% Poor	Read 7.7 Write 55.7 Mixed 12.9 SusWrite 77.1 28% 38.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.2 67% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 24.4% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 16GB 65 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	32.4% Below average	MC Read 12 MC Write 13.3 MC Mixed 10.9 34% 12.1 GB/s	SC Read 7.1 SC Write 9.2 SC Mixed 7.8 23% 8.03 GB/s	Latency 219 18% 219 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 61%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	1,122x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	814x
Core i7-4790Intel $132Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	479x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	544x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	301x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	260x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	171x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	130x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $36Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	106x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	167x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	121x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	72x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $748

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $79
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $363