MSI Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850)

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	56.4% 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)
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.

Very high background CPU (47%). 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	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20141223
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 22 '16 at 08:34
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	47%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Memory 94.9 1-Core 103 2-Core 212 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 351 8-Core 357 47% 354 Pts	64-Core 407 25% 407 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6451 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	56.4% Above average	Lighting 71.3 Reflection 71.3 Parallax 63.6 58% 68.7 fps	MRender 72.7 Gravity 65.2 Splatting 59.3 53% 65.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 217GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1186 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 177 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 56 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 3 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3252799631	107% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 406 Mixed 223 84% 379 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 86.7 4K Mixed 42.1 167% 57.7 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 120 126% 207 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2983 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 703 (B1) Unknown 98 98 19 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 60 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 70 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5238022695
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
Toshiba MD04ACA400 4TB-$140 10,635 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3TB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 7107 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 474 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 1925 (0A) Spinup retry count 109 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 359 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 7 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 2163 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 154619740190 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 97 97 1404 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 216 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	87.2% Excellent	Read 157 Write 147 Mixed 30.7 81% 112 MB/s	4K Read 2.41 4K Write 0.41 4K Mixed 0.31 143% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 104%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 240GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 171 2316 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1008 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3221 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 931 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 255 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 171 171 88211 (C2) HDA temperature 116 111 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (F0) Head flying hours 99 99 1380 (F1) Unknown 200 200 20739960946 (F2) Unknown 200 200 21873501469	84.5% Excellent	Read 144 Write 150 Mixed 112 101% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.37 107% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 109%
PHD 3.0 Silicon-Power 500GB 659 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 339GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	43.7% Average	Read 105 Write 107 Mixed 29.2 96% 80.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.19 63% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 1315 BLS4G3D18ADS3.16FE 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 1315 BLS4G3D18ADS3.16FE 16GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1867, 1600, 1867 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	61.7% Good	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 20 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 18.1 50% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 57.4 70% 57.4 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 62%

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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	1,106x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	807x
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	300x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	258x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	169x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	128x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 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	72x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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