MSI Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850)

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	66.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	65.2% 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.

System	MSI MS-7850
Motherboard	MSI Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850) (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 18 '16 at 13:35
Run Duration	221 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Memory 96.9 1-Core 98.5 2-Core 197 77% 131 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 372 50% 372 Pts	64-Core 360 22% 360 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Zotac(19DA 2368) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1468 MHz, MLim: 1761 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	66.1% Good	Lighting 85.7 Reflection 83.7 Parallax 73.9 70% 81.1 fps	MRender 79 Gravity 74 Splatting 66.1 59% 73 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 128GB 3,975 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM10.8 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 230 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 36 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 93 93 76 (AD) Unknown 100 100 327699 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 16 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 141736083489 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 453	65.2% Good	Read 348 Write 233 Mixed 354 69% 312 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 75.3 4K Mixed 5.22 94% 37.3 MB/s	DQ Read 207 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 9.98 76% 173 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 85%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 602GB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 98 10590503 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2075 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 59 59 197603786118 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4644 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 674 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590393352 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 70 56 505020446 (C2) HDA temperature 30 44 94489280542 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 46 30 10590503 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 42537356104981 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3288677702 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1977460853	32.8% Below average	Read 57.9 Write 56.3 Mixed 53 42% 55.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.24 65% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 61%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 323GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 139 137 4008 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2115 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12413 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1780 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 324 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1791 (C2) HDA temperature 109 92 34 (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 7 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	63.8% Good	Read 114 Write 108 Mixed 110 84% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.34 86% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 69%
SanDisk Ultra 32GB 7,719 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 9GB free, PID 5590 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	23% Poor	Read 36.6 Write 26.7 Mixed 31 39% 31.4 MB/s	4K Read 6.1 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 1.66 195% 3.72 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 23% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD3-2400 2x8GB 441 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	MC Read 32.6 MC Write 34.1 MC Mixed 29.1 91% 31.9 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 25 58% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 50.7 79% 50.7 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 87%

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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	1,107x
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 $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16