MSI Z87-G55 (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	21.3% 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	117% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G55 (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140719
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 11 '17 at 20:21
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Memory 96.9 1-Core 119 2-Core 237 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 609 63% 507 Pts	64-Core 607 38% 607 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% MSI(1462 2872) 2GB CLim: 1228 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	21.3% Poor	Lighting 24.8 Reflection 24.6 Parallax 31.3 20% 26.9 fps	MRender 33.2 Gravity 28.5 Splatting 25.3 23% 29 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.3% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M3 128GB 702 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 115GB free Firmware: 1.07 Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Read 369 Write 184 Mixed 227 57% 260 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 60.5 4K Mixed 20.2 102% 36.6 MB/s	DQ Read 126 DQ Write 69.7 DQ Mixed 23.3 37% 72.9 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 87%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2292 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1854 (B1) Unknown 98 98 94 (B3) Unknown 100 100 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 68 56 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 57 (F1) Unknown 99 99 40249414455	117% Outstanding	Read 524 Write 484 Mixed 499 112% 502 MB/s	4K Read 39.3 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 41.1 175% 66.5 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 150 153% 253 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 124%
Hitachi HUA723030ALA640 3TB-$71 11,382 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2TB free Firmware: MKAO Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 81 (03) Spinup time 125 125 51580043882 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4163 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 123 123 31 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6709 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4053 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4201 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4201 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 287763660833 (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	85.4% Excellent	Read 150 Write 147 Mixed 111 102% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.99 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.45 131% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 87%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 175 7991 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1040 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2176 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1035 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 49 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 19536 (C2) HDA temperature 123 112 29 (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	63.2% Good	Read 111 Write 109 Mixed 102 81% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.29 109% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 87%
WD Green 500GB (2012) 31,295 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 51GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 137 129 4133 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3721 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 5922 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3553 (C0) Power-off retract count 195 195 4011 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 180 180 62387 (C2) HDA temperature 115 96 28 (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	59.9% Above average	Read 104 Write 104 Mixed 104 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 2.83 4K Mixed 0.24 118% 1.34 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMT8GX3M2A1866C9 2x4GB 413 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 26.1 MC Mixed 22.3 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 23.1 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 50.7 79% 50.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 71%

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

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 33%

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

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $127Bench 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	9x

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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Total price: $439

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16