MSI Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850)

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	124% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	86.2% 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 (20%). 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	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jun 10 '19 at 09:44
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Memory 95.2 1-Core 106 2-Core 200 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 341 8-Core 548 54% 445 Pts	64-Core 554 34% 554 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 2183) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (54^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 170 Reflection 160 Parallax 160 139% 163 fps	MRender 178 Gravity 145 Splatting 109 114% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 173GB free (System drive) Firmware: U21010RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 348 375 385 394 396 395 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Read 465 Write 382 Mixed 263 SusWrite 382 84% 373 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 96.8 4K Mixed 18.2 115% 47.3 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 104 118% 196 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 86%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 47GB free Firmware: SBFK71E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 344 73 71 91 73 89 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	48.2% Average	Read 89.3 Write 427 Mixed 106 SusWrite 124 43% 187 MB/s	4K Read 6.5 4K Write 90 4K Mixed 29.1 95% 41.9 MB/s	DQ Read 11.4 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 40.4 68% 123 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 100%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 145 146 145 146 146 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Read 148 Write 130 Mixed 79.8 SusWrite 145 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 210% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 567GB free Firmware: HP34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 180 177 178 175 180 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 140 Mixed 86.7 SusWrite 178 108% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 08G-D3-2133-MR 4x4GB 90 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	74.1% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 23.7 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 22.7 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 56.5 71% 56.5 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 81%

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

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Gaming 42%

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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	1,105x
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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $748

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 $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) $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