MSI Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850)

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	120% 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	24.9% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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	8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 21 '20 at 04:50
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing below expectations (23^rd 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 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	Memory 77.8 1-Core 115 2-Core 208 75% 133 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 527 56% 449 Pts	64-Core 614 38% 614 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6593) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	120% Outstanding	Lighting 164 Reflection 186 Parallax 0.09 134% 117 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 166 Splatting 119 109% 134 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 480GB-$42 17,946 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 142GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS900211 SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 12 116 4.1 4.2 7.9 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	24.9% Poor	Read 294 Write 263 Mixed 191 SusWrite 26 43% 194 MB/s	4K Read 18.1 4K Write 6.2 4K Mixed 6.9 40% 10.4 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 24.9% Great: 102%
Seagate Expansion SSD 1TB 244 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 630GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 291 307 278 277 313 317 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	34.9% Below average	Read 167 Write 110 Mixed 92.3 SusWrite 297 38% 167 MB/s	4K Read 12.6 4K Write 8.3 4K Mixed 6.9 32% 9.27 MB/s	DQ Read 15.7 DQ Write 6 DQ Mixed 35.3 20% 19 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 66%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$40 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 92GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 119 113 105 116 118 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Read 177 Write 140 Mixed 81.3 SusWrite 114 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 239% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 108%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 110GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 103 85 103 101 102 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	73% Very good	Read 155 Write 134 Mixed 34.3 SusWrite 99.4 77% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 28,220 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.5% Average	MC Read 15.8 MC Write 16.5 MC Mixed 15.1 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 13.7 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 84.7 47% 84.7 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 61%

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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	1,110x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	809x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	472x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	538x
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 $76Bench 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 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16