MSI Z87-G55 (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 114% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	135% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	149% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G55 (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140719
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 05 '19 at 06:05
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	9%

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 4.2 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 120 2-Core 241 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 445 59% 444 Pts	64-Core 472 29% 472 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 419.17 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Lighting 191 Reflection 201 Parallax 183 155% 191 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 188 Splatting 127 119% 148 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 256GB 13,747 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 170GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 677 743 748 751 734 744 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	149% Outstanding	Read 943 Write 750 Mixed 399 SusWrite 733 158% 706 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 38.5 144% 59 MB/s	DQ Read 394 DQ Write 609 DQ Mixed 471 365% 491 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 149% Great: 237%
OCZ VERTEX2 50GB 332 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 40GB free Firmware: 1.37 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 60 57 59 59 62 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	48.3% Average	Read 168 Write 81 Mixed 103 SusWrite 59.7 23% 103 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 73.8 4K Mixed 26.9 108% 41.3 MB/s	DQ Read 136 DQ Write 80.6 DQ Mixed 94.7 74% 104 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 51%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 739GB free Firmware: 1AA01112 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 93 95 96 96 95 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	55.7% Above average	Read 97.8 Write 46.8 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 95.6 56% 75.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 207% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 62%
WD My Book 1140 3TB 6,710 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1TB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 106 108 108 108 108 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	48.2% Average	Read 130 Write 130 Mixed 76.7 SusWrite 107 148% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 99% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 59%
WD Elements 25A3 4TB 7,568 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 3TB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 168 169 170 169 170 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	69% Good	Read 165 Write 164 Mixed 126 SusWrite 169 212% 156 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 126% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 20,728 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	63.9% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 20.1 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 20.6 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 57.4 70% 57.4 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 62%

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Typical Z87-G55 (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 275 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 $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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