MSI Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850)

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.8% 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	65.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (44%). 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	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1600 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150811
Uptime	9.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 26 '17 at 00:57
Run Duration	248 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	44%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 4.3 GHz, turbo 5.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 126 2-Core 255 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 464 65% 478 Pts	64-Core 443 27% 443 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% Gigabyte(1458 22BD) ≥ 4GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	54.8% Above average	Lighting 64.9 Reflection 65.8 Parallax 86.5 53% 72.4 fps	MRender 65.6 Gravity 57.6 Splatting 85 58% 69.4 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: 541ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 46669835 (05) Reallocated sector count 92 92 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 -45878840654959 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 86 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 37 (B1) Unknown 0 0 98 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 32 47 60132622368 (C2) HDA temperature 32 47 60132622368 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 46669835 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 46669835 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 46669835 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 30064771072 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4294964780 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3369 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3369 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1289	65.5% Good	Read 498 Write 176 Mixed 228 66% 301 MB/s	4K Read 18.5 4K Write 96.2 4K Mixed 16.7 100% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 47.7 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 41.9 56% 95.5 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 85%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 303GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 171 2291 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2403 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2241 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 315 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 59 571670557 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 31 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6004 (C2) HDA temperature 114 102 29 (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	70.9% Very good	Read 117 Write 130 Mixed 113 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.17 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.37 130% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 19GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 168 2341 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3354 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6440 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1006 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 79 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3274 (C2) HDA temperature 113 104 30 (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	55.3% Above average	Read 98.9 Write 93.7 Mixed 93.9 72% 95.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.22 93% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 109%
WDC WD75 00BPKT-00PK4T0 750GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 286GB free, PID 0621 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	42.5% Average	Read 99.2 Write 98.6 Mixed 80.7 118% 92.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.2 81% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 43%
UFD USB Flash Drive 32GB 154 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 27GB free, PID a838 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	26.7% Poor	Read 150 Write 4.01 Mixed 4.79 38% 53.1 MB/s	4K Read 5.27 4K Write 0.89 4K Mixed 0.75 75% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 26.7% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 8,026 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (62^nd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	53% Above average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 16.9 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 17.4 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 65.1 61% 65.1 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 53% 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	1,104x
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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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 $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