MSI Z87-G55 (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	126% 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	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	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.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G55 (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	24 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130722
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 23 '20 at 20:00
Run Duration	212 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	74.3% Very good	Memory 83 1-Core 82.9 2-Core 186 68% 117 Pts	4-Core 354 8-Core 568 57% 461 Pts	64-Core 559 35% 559 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Nvidia(10DE 12A4) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 218 Parallax 253 118% 205 fps	MRender 254 Gravity 221 Splatting 138 160% 204 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 500GB 2,934 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 18GB free Firmware: 1B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 492 Write 464 Mixed 437 104% 464 MB/s	4K Read 39.6 4K Write 89.5 4K Mixed 52 174% 60.4 MB/s	DQ Read 289 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 256 194% 261 MB/s
Poor: 60% Great: 118%
Samsung 860 500GB 2,934 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 348GB free Firmware: 1B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 339 410 452 460 460 341 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 443 Mixed 429 SusWrite 410 99% 440 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 78.7 4K Mixed 53.4 163% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 289 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 256 194% 261 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 118%
Samsung 860 500GB 2,934 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 442GB free Firmware: 1B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 339 411 453 460 461 332 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 457 Mixed 444 SusWrite 409 102% 451 MB/s	4K Read 39 4K Write 83.1 4K Mixed 49.5 166% 57.2 MB/s	DQ Read 289 DQ Write 237 DQ Mixed 255 193% 260 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 118%
Seagate ST3320820AS 320GB-$55 14,577 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 104GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.CHL SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 34 40 40 38 36 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	31.1% Below average	Read 71 Write 67.3 Mixed 38 SusWrite 37 39% 53.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 31.1% Great: 44%
Seagate ST1000LM048-2E7172 1TB 89,596 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 898GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 130 132 134 133 134 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	65.3% Good	Read 94.2 Write 122 Mixed 62.5 SusWrite 132 75% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 0.8 240% 2.37 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 71%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 68GB free Firmware: JC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 88 106 96 95 101 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	Read 103 Write 93.5 Mixed 59.8 SusWrite 96.4 65% 88.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 68%
WD WD4005FZBX-00K5WB0 4TB 14,138 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 3.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 227 239 225 240 229 241 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 76% Great: 136%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 1,104 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.8% Average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 15.2 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 18.5 SC Mixed 16.7 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 75.2 53% 75.2 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 62%

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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 $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 $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