MSI Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850)

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	76.9% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (56%). 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	26.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 10 '19 at 07:42
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	56%

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PC Performing as expected (47^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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 130 2-Core 255 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 554 61% 483 Pts	64-Core 525 32% 525 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Asus(1043 869F) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing below potential (70^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.9% Very good	Lighting 96.6 Reflection 89.8 Parallax 84.6 79% 90.4 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 89.2 Splatting 79.2 73% 91.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP600 128GB 8,600 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 119GB free Firmware: 5.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 132 135 135 134 131 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	47.6% Average	Read 123 Write 128 Mixed 107 SusWrite 130 28% 122 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 50.3 4K Mixed 31.2 104% 35.5 MB/s	DQ Read 29.2 DQ Write 64.5 DQ Mixed 35.9 30% 43.2 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 396GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 125 124 147 142 152 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	40.7% Average	Read 10.5 Write 9.2 Mixed 13 SusWrite 132 30% 41.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.1 19% 0.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 112%
Seagate ST3160318AS 160GB-$43 15,932 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 148GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 100 101 101 101 101 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	Read 101 Write 91.5 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 99.5 65% 88.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 58%
USB Disk 16GB 93 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 12GB free, PID 3234 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.9 3.1 3.1 3.1 3 3.1 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	1.58% Terrible	Read 3.8 Write 2.8 Mixed 3.5 SusWrite 3 4% 3.28 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 8% 0.17 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.58% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown SP008GXLYU240NSA 4x8GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	MC Read 31.2 MC Write 31.7 MC Mixed 26.6 85% 29.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 25.6 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 53.8 74% 53.8 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 99%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850) Builds (Compare 3,911 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	1,107x
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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16