MSI Z97-G55 SLI (MS-7921)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7921
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G55 SLI (MS-7921) (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140723
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '19 at 21:14
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing way above expectations (86^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 way above expectations (97^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 93.3 1-Core 113 2-Core 221 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 426 57% 425 Pts	64-Core 422 26% 422 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 121 Parallax 113 93% 116 fps	MRender 99.5 Gravity 104 Splatting 102 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 223GB free Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 324 196 203 205 216 224 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	90% Excellent	Read 413 Write 405 Mixed 343 SusWrite 228 78% 347 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 85.4 4K Mixed 43.9 149% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 270 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 209 181% 266 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 100%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 500 Write 484 Mixed 362 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 57.3 201% 71.1 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 237 212% 320 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 956GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 148 149 146 149 148 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 129 Mixed 79.2 SusWrite 148 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/4G KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/4G 16GB 1,509 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	63.7% Good	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 20.2 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 20.3 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 61.3 65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 63%

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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	25x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	18x
GTX 1660-TiNvidia $143Bench 76%, 318,562 samples	15x

SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	9x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	8x
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: $560

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 $178	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