MSI Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850)

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	87.7% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7850
Motherboard	MSI Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850) (all builds)
Memory	19 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150811
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 23 '17 at 04:49
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	9%

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 i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 90.3 1-Core 124 2-Core 245 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 616 65% 520 Pts	64-Core 658 41% 658 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1598 MHz, MLim: 1798 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.1% Good	Lighting 76.3 Reflection 78.5 Parallax 69.6 62% 74.8 fps	MRender 77.7 Gravity 70.4 Splatting 60.3 56% 69.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 98GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th 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 100 100 637 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1123 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 65 (A3) Unknown 100 100 26 (A4) Unknown 100 100 49373 (A5) Unknown 100 100 98 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 45 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 4 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 38 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 24 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 89054 (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 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 229259 (F2) Unknown 100 100 185951 (F5) Unknown 100 100 394984	87.7% Excellent	Read 522 Write 358 Mixed 422 96% 434 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 30.7 140% 55 MB/s	DQ Read 30.7 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 22.7 30% 51.5 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 103%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 686GB free Firmware: 9300 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	60.7% Good	Read 108 Write 103 Mixed 79.7 72% 97 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 2.35 4K Mixed 0.34 117% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 0420 F3-2400C11-4GXM KHX1600C10D3/8G 0420 F3-2400C11-4GXM 24GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	57.1% Above average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 16.5 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 17.4 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 61%

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Typical Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850) Builds (Compare 3,902 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	1,105x
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) $30	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