MSI Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850)

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 79.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	53% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	34.7% 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.

Very high background CPU (34%). 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	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	33.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 12 '18 at 08:29
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	34%

PC Performing as expected (48^th 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-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	79.7% Very good	Memory 91.1 1-Core 105 2-Core 195 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 406 53% 400 Pts	64-Core 408 25% 408 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3161) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	53% Above average	Lighting 67.3 Reflection 66.3 Parallax 59.2 55% 64.3 fps	MRender 69.6 Gravity 62.2 Splatting 53 50% 61.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 120GB-$63 12,393 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 24GB free Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4843 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 416 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 310 (AD) Unknown 100 100 327697 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 33 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 95 (F1) Unknown 100 100 836	62% Good	Read 495 Write 321 Mixed 344 86% 387 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 46.9 4K Mixed 8.53 72% 26.3 MB/s	DQ Read 29.6 DQ Write 68.9 DQ Mixed 41.9 34% 46.8 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 91%
Spcc Solid State Disk 64GB 255 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 2GB free (System drive) Firmware: V3.7 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4139 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 370 (A1) Unknown 100 100 0 (A4) Unknown 100 100 102203 (A5) Unknown 100 100 206 (A6) Unknown 100 100 176 (A7) Unknown 100 100 197 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 7607 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4373 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0 (F4) Unknown 100 100 0 (F5) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 0 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0 (FB) Unknown 100 100 0 (FC) Unknown 100 100 0 (FD) Unknown 100 100 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	34.7% Below average	Read 374 Write 56.3 Mixed 148 42% 193 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 37 4K Mixed 1.78 52% 19.5 MB/s	DQ Read 20.7 DQ Write 79.8 DQ Mixed 3.34 16% 34.6 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 59%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 43GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 168 167 2591 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 367 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4306 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 367 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 37 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6664 (C2) HDA temperature 116 105 27 (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	60.9% Good	Read 88.8 Write 123 Mixed 113 82% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.2 91% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL9 Series 2x8GB 7,092 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 19.3 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 17.9 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 63%

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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	1,105x
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	166x
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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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