MSI Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850)

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.3% 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	55.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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 (15%). 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	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150811
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 02 '18 at 13:48
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (58^th 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 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 124 2-Core 236 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 654 66% 536 Pts	64-Core 658 41% 658 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.3% Very good	Lighting 93.6 Reflection 115 Parallax 113 76% 107 fps	MRender 97.2 Gravity 101 Splatting 102 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 9628774 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 29291676958887 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 21 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 26 56 42953343002 (C2) HDA temperature 26 56 42953343002 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 9628774 (C4) Reallocation count 99 99 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 9628774 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 9628774 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 90 90 8589934592 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4294964785 (EA) Unknown 0 0 886 (F1) Unknown 0 0 886 (F2) Unknown 0 0 300 (F4) Unknown 88 88 25297271	55.8% Above average	Read 470 Write 165 Mixed 249 64% 294 MB/s	4K Read 9.16 4K Write 94.8 4K Mixed 8.52 75% 37.5 MB/s	DQ Read 82.7 DQ Write 169 DQ Mixed 46.7 58% 99.5 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$62 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 51899600 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 30 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 937607 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 134 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 28 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 79 58 353566741 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 63 (C2) HDA temperature 21 42 68719476757 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -115010634252159 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1087052786 (F2) Unknown 100 253 511342330	100% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 172 Mixed 93.1 109% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.22 83% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 114%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 1,977 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 321GB free, PID a207 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	19% Very poor	Read 38.7 Write 38.7 Mixed 39 50% 38.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.2 62% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 19% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT102464BA160B.M16 1314 992069 (997069) 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	58.6% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 17.2 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 19.5 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 59%

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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	1,111x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	809x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	472x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	540x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	300x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	259x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	169x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	130x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 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	119x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	72x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16