MSI Z87-G55 (MS-7821)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	23.1% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G55 (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 12 '16 at 23:59
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 4 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 94.8 1-Core 119 2-Core 235 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 450 59% 442 Pts	64-Core 446 28% 446 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Asus(1043 8422) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6510 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	23.1% Poor	Lighting 27.8 Reflection 25.7 Parallax 33.3 23% 28.9 fps	MRender 36.1 Gravity 25.6 Splatting 27.2 24% 29.6 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 23.1% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 300GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1976 (03) Spinup time 175 170 2241 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 942 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6045 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 923 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 100 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 843 (C2) HDA temperature 109 102 34 (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	70% Very good	Read 127 Write 117 Mixed 111 89% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1.05 4K Write 2.37 4K Mixed 0.26 116% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 109%
Excelstor Technology J8080S 80GB 180 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 39GB free Firmware: P21OABEA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 124 124 12895387810 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 6902 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 16215 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4957 (C0) Power-off retract count 94 94 7247 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 7247 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 236223594534 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 4 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0	20.1% Poor	Read 35.2 Write 34.4 Mixed 34.9 26% 34.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.32 91% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 20.1% Great: 40%
Toshiba MK6034GSX 60GB 330 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 4GB free Firmware: AH101M Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd 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 1066 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 5518 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 44 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 57 57 17323 (0A) Spinup retry count 210 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4663 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 572 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 73 73 276181 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 223338823711 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 28 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 67 (DE) Loaded hours 73 73 10857 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 377 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	18.7% Very poor	Read 32.9 Write 31.9 Mixed 17.5 20% 27.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.06 4K Mixed 0.28 69% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 18.7% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 27,024 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	57.5% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 19.8 MC Mixed 18.3 56% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 16.8 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 57.8 69% 57.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 63%

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Typical Z87-G55 (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 276 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $439

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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