MSI Z87-G55 (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 81.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	93.9% 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	86.1% 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.

Very high background CPU (87%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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	29.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140719
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 10 '19 at 19:50
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	87%

PC Performing above expectations (60^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 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Memory 98.7 1-Core 98.3 2-Core 203 78% 133 Pts	4-Core 360 8-Core 470 53% 415 Pts	64-Core 424 26% 424 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 81.9% 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 (96^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 89.8 Parallax 167 93% 124 fps	MRender 90 Gravity 126 Splatting 129 96% 115 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 240GB-$80 4,893 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 212 199 199 206 197 202 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Read 404 Write 241 Mixed 264 SusWrite 202 62% 278 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 97.7 4K Mixed 38.4 154% 57 MB/s	DQ Read 243 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 158 141% 212 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 91%
Seagate ST750LM000-1EJ16G 750GB 1,041 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 86GB free Firmware: AS11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 66 66 65 66 65 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	38.3% Below average	Read 66.3 Write 55.2 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 65.6 45% 60.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 1.9 362% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 60%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 123GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 137 141 141 141 141 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Read 151 Write 107 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 140 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 167% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 83.4% 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 @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.8% Average	MC Read 14.8 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 15.5 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 11.9 SC Mixed 13.1 34% 11.9 GB/s	Latency 42.6 94% 42.6 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 87%

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

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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

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $374

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 $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