MSI Z87-G55 (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Gunboat


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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.4% 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	72.4% 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.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G55 (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130922
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 03 '18 at 12:37
Run Duration	215 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	7%

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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 i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 88.6 1-Core 125 2-Core 246 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 606 62% 502 Pts	64-Core 659 41% 659 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 116 Parallax 96.7 89% 107 fps	MRender 98.3 Gravity 104 Splatting 99.1 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 256GB-$54 40,725 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 153GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0125A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 112 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 152 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 54 (A3) Unknown 100 100 9 (A4) Unknown 100 100 5340 (A5) Unknown 100 100 34 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 10 (94) Unknown 100 100 6111 (95) Unknown 100 100 210 (96) Unknown 100 100 36 (97) Unknown 100 100 179 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1500 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 16 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 44 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 30639 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 30639 (F2) Unknown 100 100 29787 (F5) Unknown 100 100 85440	72.4% Very good	Read 504 Write 330 Mixed 349 87% 394 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 73 4K Mixed 15.4 103% 39.3 MB/s	DQ Read 30.4 DQ Write 75.8 DQ Mixed 15.7 23% 40.6 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 118%
Toshiba Q Series Pro 128GB-$66 2,808 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 111GB free Firmware: JTRA0102 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5132 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2287 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AD) Unknown 185 185 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 213 (C2) HDA temperature 69 48 223339085855 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	108% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 468 Mixed 492 109% 489 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 42 147% 56.5 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 22.9 97% 216 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 136GB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 248 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6466 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 4524753234 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10004 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 5010 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 15 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 51 622264357 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 219 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6953 (C2) HDA temperature 37 49 42949672997 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 26 10 248 (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 100 253 106493714115412 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1359803225 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2422847921	69.8% Good	Read 125 Write 118 Mixed 109 88% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.18 4K Mixed 0.59 108% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 75%
Generic- Compact Flash 16GB 42 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 15GB free, PID null Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	6.42% Terrible	Read 17.4 Write 12.9 Mixed 14 18% 14.7 MB/s	4K Read 3.98 4K Write 0.05 4K Mixed 0.05 18% 1.36 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.42% Great: 16%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 0793 GY1600D364L9/4G 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 0793 GY1600D364L9/4G 16GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.5% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 14.7 47% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 14 41% 14.4 GB/s	Latency 68.9 58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 64%

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

Sail boat

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 $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