MSI Z87-G55 (MS-7821)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	46.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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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Run History

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G55 (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140719
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 03 '17 at 21:11
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.5 GHz, turbo 5.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Memory 92.6 1-Core 130 2-Core 264 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 526 8-Core 530 70% 528 Pts	64-Core 527 33% 527 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6950-$290 24,657 User benchmarks, average bench 19% AMD(1002 0B00) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 33.6 Reflection 25 Parallax 28.2 27% 28.9 fps	Gravity 26.7 Splatting 0.17 10% 13.4 fps
Poor: 18% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 26174532 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 18 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 60670708043849 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3326 (AB) Unknown 100 100 9 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 606 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 100 100 9 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 69 51544129566 (C2) HDA temperature 30 69 51544129566 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 26174532 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 18 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 26174532 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 26174532 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 25769803776 (E9) Unknown 0 0 30156 (EA) Unknown 0 0 29129 (F1) Unknown 0 0 29129 (F2) Unknown 0 0 16644	46.4% Average	Read 173 Write 87.9 Mixed 100 26% 121 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 99.5 4K Mixed 14 104% 45.2 MB/s	DQ Read 87.8 DQ Write 98.1 DQ Mixed 30.9 40% 72.3 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 73%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 135 126 4216 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3462 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 20712 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3299 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 492 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 111 111 268007 (C2) HDA temperature 113 103 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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	63.7% Good	Read 101 Write 121 Mixed 124 87% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 2.34 4K Mixed 0.22 91% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-012.A00LF 99U5471-012.A00LF 99U5471-012.A00LF 9905471-011.A00LF 16GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	MC Read 18.8 MC Write 19.5 MC Mixed 16.5 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 20.1 SC Mixed 18.7 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 53%

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Typical Z87-G55 (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 277 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	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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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $374

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $40	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