MSI Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850)

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 78.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	91.5% 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	87.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7850
Motherboard	MSI Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850) (all builds)
Memory	7.6 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140627
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Sep 08 '16 at 03:36
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	38%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	78.2% Very good	Memory 88.7 1-Core 112 2-Core 189 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 366 8-Core 577 58% 471 Pts	64-Core 592 37% 592 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7270 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 121 Parallax 102 95% 113 fps	MRender 98.8 Gravity 106 Splatting 104 84% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 105 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 68 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (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 56 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 14 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1448266885	87.1% Excellent	Read 499 Write 362 Mixed 371 91% 410 MB/s	4K Read 42.9 4K Write 87.8 4K Mixed 17.6 134% 49.4 MB/s	DQ Read 34.8 DQ Write 269 DQ Mixed 25.3 57% 110 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 146GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 20792052 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 625 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 14799884 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 903 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 599 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 90 90 10 (BC) Unknown 100 96 42 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 39 219514667036 (C2) HDA temperature 28 61 55834574876 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 35 28 20792052 (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 129811091556598 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2516967406 (F2) Unknown 100 253 311671105	51.3% Above average	Read 83.4 Write 95.3 Mixed 82.5 66% 87.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.42 93% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown PSD34G160081 0420 12GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	30.9% Below average	MC Read 10.5 MC Write 10.3 MC Mixed 8.3 28% 9.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 10.3 SC Mixed 9.8 28% 9.77 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 30.9% Great: 31%

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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	1,107x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	808x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	472x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	536x
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 $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	130x
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	119x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	72x

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Value: 60% - Above average

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16