MSI Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850)

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 79.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	82.5% 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% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

System	MSI MS-7850
Motherboard	MSI Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850) (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150811
Uptime	6.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 06 '18 at 17:36
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (49^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, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Memory 90.3 1-Core 119 2-Core 205 80% 138 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 552 57% 461 Pts	64-Core 625 39% 625 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.4% 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: 411.63 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.5% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 110 Parallax 96.9 84% 104 fps	MRender 90.9 Gravity 97 Splatting 99.2 79% 95.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$32 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 220 134 137 48 9.7 25 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	29% Poor	Read 193 Write 88.8 Mixed 83.2 SusWrite 95.6 26% 115 MB/s	4K Read 15.3 4K Write 20.1 4K Mixed 11.6 49% 15.7 MB/s	DQ Read 14.3 DQ Write 15.4 DQ Mixed 14.6 11% 14.8 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 29% Great: 85%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 140GB free Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 260 198 201 270 209 210 MB/s Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	45.3% Average	Read 215 Write 121 Mixed 134 SusWrite 225 39% 174 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 34.9 4K Mixed 17.1 71% 24 MB/s	DQ Read 34.4 DQ Write 36.4 DQ Mixed 32.2 25% 34.3 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 191 194 195 195 193 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 162 Mixed 81.8 SusWrite 192 115% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 114%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 1,977 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 293GB free, PID a207 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 108 107 107 107 108 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	44.7% Average	Read 108 Write 107 Mixed 36.5 SusWrite 107 119% 89.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.5 80% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 44.7% 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 below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55.8% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 20.4 MC Mixed 16.6 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 18.2 49% 17 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 59%

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Typical Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850) Builds (Compare 3,901 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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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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