MSI Z87-G55 (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	95.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	90.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G55 (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	29.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140719
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 09 '19 at 10:37
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.6 GHz, turbo 6.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 132 2-Core 270 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 522 8-Core 537 70% 530 Pts	64-Core 539 33% 539 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% Sapphire(1DA2 E37F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.11.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 91.4 Parallax 171 95% 126 fps	MRender 90.8 Gravity 128 Splatting 130 97% 116 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 240GB-$80 4,893 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 230 227 232 239 224 200 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Read 393 Write 291 Mixed 294 SusWrite 225 67% 301 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 43 168% 62.7 MB/s	DQ Read 218 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 150 135% 203 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 91%
Seagate ST750LM000-1EJ16G 750GB 1,041 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 86GB free Firmware: AS11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 66 65 65 65 65 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	36.1% Below average	Read 59 Write 68.5 Mixed 49 SusWrite 65.3 45% 60.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 1.9 354% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 60%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 122GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 139 136 137 138 140 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	Read 131 Write 103 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 138 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 6,389 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 27.8 MC Mixed 22.9 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 25.3 SC Mixed 24.8 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 48.3 83% 48.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 87%

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

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $374

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	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 $184	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) $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