MSI Z97-G55 SLI (MS-7921)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	35.3% 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	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	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7921
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G55 SLI (MS-7921) (all builds)
Memory	16.5 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160219
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 30 '18 at 20:24
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 above expectations (76^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Memory 76.6 1-Core 106 2-Core 217 74% 133 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 426 56% 422 Pts	64-Core 419 26% 419 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 470-$126 94,030 User benchmarks, average bench 40% Asus(1043 04AE) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1206 MHz, MLim: 1650 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.10.2 Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	35.3% Below average	Lighting 40.6 Reflection 41.4 Parallax 51.8 33% 44.6 fps	MRender 55.9 Gravity 39.3 Splatting 50 40% 48.4 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 47%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$20 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 242GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 79 77 83 85 85 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	48.5% Average	Read 87.7 Write 56.8 Mixed 56.2 SusWrite 81.1 52% 70.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 131% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 69%
WD WD1200BEVS-60UST0 120GB 3,683 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 16GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 32 33 32 31 31 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	23.8% Poor	Read 51 Write 50.8 Mixed 32.6 SusWrite 31.6 31% 41.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 23.8% Great: 29%
Seagate ST3160815AS 160GB-$46 33,785 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 103GB free Firmware: 3.CHH SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 60 61 59 60 60 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	38.4% Below average	Read 73.7 Write 43.5 Mixed 41.5 SusWrite 59.8 40% 54.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 42%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$128 11,448 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 600GB free (System drive) Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 71 64 71 78 88 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	48.7% Average	Read 94.2 Write 106 Mixed 63.5 SusWrite 74.9 62% 84.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 200% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CML16GX3M2A1600C10 0420 DDR3 1333+ 0215 CML16GX3M2A1600C10 0420 DDR3 1333+ 20GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1600, 1333, 1600, 1333 MHz 8192, 2048, 8192, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	49.5% Average	MC Read 18 MC Write 18.7 MC Mixed 16.4 51% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 5.1 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 15.5 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 87 46% 87 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 54%

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

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 40%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97-G55 SLI (MS-7921)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	66x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	52x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	42x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	26x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	18x
GTX 1660-TiNvidia $143Bench 76%, 318,562 samples	15x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	9x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	9x
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston $35Bench 64%, 176,713 samples	7x

RAM
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	13x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	11x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	9x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $564

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16