MSI Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850)

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 79.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	76.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	87.4% 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	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.

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System	MSI MS-7850
Motherboard	MSI Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '18 at 03:49
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Memory 93.6 1-Core 104 2-Core 192 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 352 8-Core 590 57% 471 Pts	64-Core 584 36% 584 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.9% Very good	Lighting 95.7 Reflection 108 Parallax 101 78% 102 fps	MRender 92.9 Gravity 82.3 Splatting 96.4 75% 90.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 775GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 173 2150 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2799 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10932 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1309 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 231 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2567 (C2) HDA temperature 117 99 26 (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	13.8% Very poor	Read 151 Write 114 Mixed 112 28% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.02 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.24 3% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 13.8% Great: 129%
Adata XPG SX7000 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$155 2,976 User benchmarks, average bench 126% 320GB free (System drive) Firmware: CB1.1.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Read 620 Write 438 Mixed 456 112% 504 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 61.2 4K Mixed 14.7 91% 34.1 MB/s	DQ Read 235 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 31.3 72% 151 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 142%
WDC WD10EZEX-00M2NA0 120GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 112GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 15995 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2293 (B1) Unknown 89 89 124 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 45 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 353 (F1) Unknown 99 99 29873517326	109% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 487 Mixed 490 110% 491 MB/s	4K Read 41 4K Write 88.7 4K Mixed 32 150% 53.9 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 95.9 135% 249 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$60 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 85970456 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2530 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 19333993 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10971 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 696 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 262148 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 53 437846041 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 120 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 79 79 43319 (C2) HDA temperature 25 47 60129542169 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -3994319582599 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6974337842 (F2) Unknown 100 253 41418823730	93.4% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 143 Mixed 138 116% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.16 78% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 18,444 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1400 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	67.6% Good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 21.3 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 19.4 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 71%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850) - $100

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	1,111x
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	540x
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	167x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	119x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	72x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16