MSI Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850)

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	8.92% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	110% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7850
Motherboard	MSI Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850) (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '16 at 13:30
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 95.5 1-Core 128 2-Core 240 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 668 68% 549 Pts	64-Core 669 41% 669 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-$112 69,673 User benchmarks, average bench 8% PNY(196E 0973) 1GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5354 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	8.92% Terrible	Lighting 10.3 Reflection 9.46 Parallax 11.4 8% 10.4 fps	MRender 13.7 Gravity 9.37 Splatting 13.1 10% 12.1 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 8.92% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 139GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 20 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 15 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 62 62 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 2 (F1) Unknown 99 99 526314661	110% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 398 Mixed 391 95% 427 MB/s	4K Read 40.3 4K Write 91.9 4K Mixed 46.6 170% 59.6 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 267 DQ Mixed 118 140% 245 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 124%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$68 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 166 160 6666 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 392 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 51 51 35978 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 258 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1285 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 114 114 258784 (C2) HDA temperature 117 99 33 (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 21	60.5% Good	Read 102 Write 109 Mixed 99.1 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 0.39 4K Mixed 0.19 42% 0.31 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TD8G16C10-OC18AK 2x8GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	70.7% Very good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 21.7 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 23.9 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 55.6 72% 55.6 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 71%

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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	1,108x
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

Total price: $748

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) $31	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