MSI Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850)

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	27.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	101% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). 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	3.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Oct 26 '16 at 05:45
Run Duration	265 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 96.8 1-Core 123 2-Core 232 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 652 67% 542 Pts	64-Core 690 43% 690 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% MSI(1462 8C92) Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.6909 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	27.3% Poor	Lighting 34 Reflection 32.8 Parallax 29.2 28% 32 fps	MRender 35.7 Gravity 31 Splatting 31.1 26% 32.6 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 27.3% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 960GB-$300 2,857 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 143GB free (System drive) Firmware: X212T0RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 8060 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 270 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 95 (A8) Unknown 100 100 146 (A9) Unknown 100 100 2076 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 40 (AE) Unknown 100 100 87 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 179 (C2) HDA temperature 64 59 253404119076 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 289 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 37669 (F1) Unknown 253 253 23169 (F2) Unknown 253 253 26499 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	101% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 460 Mixed 449 105% 473 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 27.8 153% 60.8 MB/s	DQ Read 37.8 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 56.8 78% 133 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 114%
Toshiba MD04ACA500 5TB-$154 3,810 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th 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 2742 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 98 (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 84 84 6691 (0A) Spinup retry count 101 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 77 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 8391 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 37 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 3166 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 219044380712 (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 9 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 89 89 4711 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 293 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	63.4% Good	Read 129 Write 91.3 Mixed 116 85% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1.65 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.23 127% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 110%
Toshiba X300 5TB-$125 12,743 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 907GB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th 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 4076 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 24 (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 90 90 4090 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 24 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 51 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 2265 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 219044577325 (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 94 94 2699 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 287 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	64.7% Good	Read 118 Write 107 Mixed 99.9 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1.15 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.25 109% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 109%
Jmicron Generic 250GB 363 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 114GB free Firmware: 0103 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	47.6% Average	Read 84.6 Write 81.1 Mixed 84.4 63% 83.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.46 106% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 48%
Lexar SD USB_3_0 Read 32GB 70 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 28GB free, PID b050 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	10.9% Very poor	Read 42.2 Write 3.81 Mixed 23.3 24% 23.1 MB/s	4K Read 6.86 4K Write 0.76 4K Mixed 0.9 82% 2.84 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 10.9% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 20,216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	MC Read 30.2 MC Write 31.9 MC Mixed 26.5 84% 29.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 23.5 SC Mixed 25 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 51.2 78% 51.2 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 86%

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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	1,104x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	805x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	470x

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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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 $46

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