MSI Z87-G55 (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 78.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	80% 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	79.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G55 (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Apr 13 '18 at 11:55
Run Duration	432 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (56^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-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Memory 85 1-Core 108 2-Core 215 77% 136 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 422 56% 418 Pts	64-Core 402 25% 402 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 108 Parallax 98.8 84% 103 fps	MRender 93 Gravity 95.8 Splatting 78.6 72% 89.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S3512G 512GB 19,948 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 114GB free (System drive) Firmware: X6104000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1262 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 94 (A5) Unknown 100 100 19726588 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 23 (A8) Unknown 100 100 9 (A9) Unknown 100 100 240 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 17 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 41 176094576674 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 214750330930 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1934 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3068 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2587 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2041 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	79.8% Very good	Read 495 Write 332 Mixed 315 84% 381 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 67.8 4K Mixed 20.5 119% 41.9 MB/s	DQ Read 37.7 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 44.6 54% 89.7 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 119%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 174 172 2291 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2804 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16435 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1643 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 447 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2454 (C2) HDA temperature 113 102 30 (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	109% Outstanding	Read 199 Write 180 Mixed 173 139% 184 MB/s	4K Read 1.35 4K Write 2.84 4K Mixed 0.37 150% 1.52 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 109%
USB2.0 flash disk 2GB 254 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 0GB free, PID 3234 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	1.57% Terrible	Read 5.62 Write 2.53 Mixed 3.56 4% 3.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 0.03 4K Mixed 0.05 4% 0.2 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.57% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 0215 CMX8GX3M2A1333C9 0420 0215 CMX8GX3M2A1333C9 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1600, 1333, 1600, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	51% Above average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 16.3 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 16.2 SC Mixed 16.6 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 71.9 56% 71.9 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 51%

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

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Motherboard: MSI Z87-G55 (MS-7821) - $100

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	58x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	45x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	30x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	24x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	21x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	17x

SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	13x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	10x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	10x

RAM
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	10x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	9x
99U5584-010.A00LF 99U5584-010.A00LF 9905584-014.A00LF 99U5584-005.A00LF 16GBKingstonBench 58%, 11 samples	9x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $374

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $47	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16