MSI Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850)

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	91.1% 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	29.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7850
Motherboard	MSI Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850) (all builds)
Memory	18.8 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150528
Uptime	4.6 Days
Run Date	May 21 '17 at 17:49
Run Duration	219 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 4.3 GHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 125 2-Core 248 86% 154 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 456 56% 426 Pts	64-Core 469 29% 469 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 122 Parallax 104 95% 114 fps	MRender 99.4 Gravity 106 Splatting 103 84% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 120GB 22,489 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 53GB free Firmware: S9FM02.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13805 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 68 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 25 (AD) Unknown 100 100 68157455 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 30 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 398 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1322409	52.1% Above average	Read 390 Write 102 Mixed 9.43 36% 167 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 69.6 4K Mixed 5.75 95% 36.2 MB/s	DQ Read 115 DQ Write 75.7 DQ Mixed 2.46 27% 64.5 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 83%
SanDisk SSD 64GB-$56 3,862 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.0.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 30993 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 214 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 431 (AE) Unknown 100 100 86 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1436 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2605 (F1) Unknown 100 100 7614079151 (F2) Unknown 100 100 9893829154	29.2% Poor	Read 415 Write 36.8 Mixed 77.5 38% 176 MB/s	4K Read 17.4 4K Write 4.44 4K Mixed 5.55 36% 9.14 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 29.2% Great: 48%
HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB-$60 7,986 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 1TB free Firmware: MJAOA5E0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 77 (03) Spinup time 149 149 51577291215 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 156 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 119 119 35 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 8702 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 44 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 414 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 414 (C2) HDA temperature 130 130 257699086382 (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 200 200 0	68.3% Good	Read 112 Write 126 Mixed 69.1 76% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.2 75% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 92%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$29 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 473GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 36 (03) Spinup time 176 172 2191 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2259 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 54 54 33598 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 420 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 92 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2166 (C2) HDA temperature 101 85 42 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	86.1% Excellent	Read 170 Write 129 Mixed 80.7 94% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1.17 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 0.33 143% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMV8GX3M2A1333C9 Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 0215 CMV8GX3M2A1333C9 Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 24GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 1333, 1600, 1333, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	56.2% Above average	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 17.4 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 16.6 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 63%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850) - $100

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	1,117x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	814x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	476x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	542x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	301x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	259x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	169x
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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $369