MSI Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850)

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Speed boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	50.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Very high background CPU (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7850
Motherboard	MSI Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850) (all builds)
Memory	8.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141223
Uptime	14.6 Days
Run Date	May 04 '23 at 17:38
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	51%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$50 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 5.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	Memory 91.7 1-Core 121 2-Core 229 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 301 8-Core 406 45% 353 Pts	64-Core 374 23% 374 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon R9 290X 3,695 User benchmarks, average bench 49% AMD(1002 0B00) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 21.5.2 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	50.8% Above average	Lighting 66.5 Reflection 69.8 Parallax 87.3 54% 74.5 fps	MRender 60.9 Gravity 61.8 Splatting 43.3 44% 55.3 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Neo Forza NFS011SA31T-6007000 1TB 72 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 165GB free Firmware: T0910A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 67 64 66 67 68 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	43.4% Average	Read 444 Write 303 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 70.4 48% 218 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 38.9 4K Mixed 0.9 59% 21.4 MB/s	DQ Read 161 DQ Write 94.1 DQ Mixed 2.3 35% 85.8 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 106%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 245GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 74 69 83 98 99 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	Read 170 Write 166 Mixed 84.6 SusWrite 79.1 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 219% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 737GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 189 184 190 190 187 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Read 109 Write 133 Mixed 73.8 SusWrite 188 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 101% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 106%
HGST Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 750GB-$125 23,438 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 594GB free Firmware: JA2OA700 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 97 94 98 98 97 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	56% Above average	Read 98.7 Write 91.9 Mixed 38.4 SusWrite 96.5 59% 81.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 117% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B1G73QH0-YKO 2x8GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	57.5% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 17.9 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 15.5 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 61%

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

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Typical Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850) Builds (Compare 3,963 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	1,124x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	815x
Core i7-4790Intel $132Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	479x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	545x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	301x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	260x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	171x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	130x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $36Bench 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	121x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	72x

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