MSI Z87-G55 (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	93.3% 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	129% 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.

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Run History

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G55 (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '20 at 04:10
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	SAU-User
Background CPU	28%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 94.6 1-Core 137 2-Core 281 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 720 73% 590 Pts	64-Core 744 46% 744 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% MSI(1462 3755) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 442.59 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 118 Parallax 119 97% 119 fps	MRender 140 Gravity 101 Splatting 85.2 86% 109 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Pro 256GB-$90 12,565 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVM01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 206 418 483 493 492 489 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 494 Mixed 432 SusWrite 430 105% 468 MB/s	4K Read 44.9 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 61.3 213% 77.2 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 355 268% 359 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 131%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 38GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 134 124 100 126 130 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Read 424 Write 162 Mixed 198 SusWrite 122 50% 226 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 44.4 174% 65.7 MB/s	DQ Read 200 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 154 122% 169 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 73%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$28 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 287GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 128 127 128 127 127 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	Read 128 Write 126 Mixed 82.8 SusWrite 127 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 231% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 151 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	66.5% Good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 25.8 MC Mixed 19 68% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 14.9 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 58.1 69% 58.1 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 58%

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Typical Z87-G55 (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 278 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 $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	10x

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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16