MSI Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850)

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	22.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	126% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

System	MSI MS-7850
Motherboard	MSI Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850) (all builds)
Memory	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 04 '16 at 10:07
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	LVA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 118 2-Core 229 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 604 63% 508 Pts	64-Core 602 37% 602 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Gigabyte(1458 354E) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7290 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	22.2% Poor	Lighting 26.1 Reflection 24.8 Parallax 35.4 21% 28.7 fps	MRender 34.2 Gravity 30 Splatting 25.8 24% 30 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 22.2% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 480GB 11,256 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 249GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 712 Write 875 Mixed 716 172% 768 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 99.5 4K Mixed 32.6 134% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 27.2 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 140 86% 91 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 182%
Transcend SSD370S 256GB-$124 11,742 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 149GB free Firmware: O0919A Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 511 106% 511 MB/s
Poor: 62% Great: 114%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1TB free Firmware: MX6OABX0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 66 (03) Spinup time 134 134 34387722668 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2243 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1310 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 347 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2661 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2661 (C2) HDA temperature 189 189 206159020061 (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 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 1154 (F1) Unknown 100 100 9485881307 (F2) Unknown 100 100 7451717005	76.2% Very good	Read 144 Write 121 Mixed 135 101% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.13 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.23 106% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT41GU6BFR8C-PB Kingston 99U5471-054.A00LF HMT41GU6BFR8C-PB Kingston 99U5471-054.A00LF 32GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	58.4% Above average	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 16.6 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 19.7 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 58%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	808x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	472x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	537x
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 $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $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) $32	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