MSI Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850)

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	9.32% 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	78.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150811
Uptime	14.7 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '17 at 14:12
Run Duration	108 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 109 2-Core 214 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 413 54% 408 Pts	64-Core 405 25% 405 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 740 30,433 User benchmarks, average bench 7% EVGA(3842 3747) 2GB CLim: 1084 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	9.32% Terrible	Lighting 10.6 Reflection 9.62 Parallax 13.1 9% 11.1 fps	MRender 13.6 Gravity 12.4 Splatting 13.2 11% 13.1 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 9.32% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 240GB-$74 29,295 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 184GB free (System drive) Firmware: O0803B5a Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 85 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 236 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 185 (A3) Unknown 100 100 14 (A4) Unknown 100 100 11291 (A5) Unknown 100 100 41 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 5 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 5 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 26285 (F2) Unknown 100 100 38144 (F5) Unknown 100 100 45164	78.5% Very good	Read 473 Write 257 Mixed 267 73% 332 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 35.8 4K Mixed 31 106% 32.7 MB/s	DQ Read 315 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 50.1 90% 182 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 92%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 814GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 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 175 173 2250 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 234 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 638 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 233 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 231 (C2) HDA temperature 116 109 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	98.7% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 157 Mixed 154 125% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 2.45 4K Mixed 0.33 122% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 5,025 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	59% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 18.2 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 20.1 SC Mixed 18 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 62%

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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	1,106x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	806x
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	300x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	258x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	168x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	128x
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	117x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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