MSI Z87-G55 (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	91.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G55 (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140719
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 26 '20 at 20:15
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 116 2-Core 236 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 450 62% 458 Pts	64-Core 458 28% 458 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% AMD(1002 6B76) CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.4.2 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Lighting 111 Reflection 91.9 Parallax 169 90% 124 fps	MRender 89.6 Gravity 111 Splatting 130 92% 110 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 505 Write 487 Mixed 402 104% 464 MB/s	4K Read 46 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 61.7 212% 75.7 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 351 267% 360 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 177GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 353 294 295 296 296 297 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 493 Mixed 404 SusWrite 305 96% 427 MB/s	4K Read 47.9 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 64.2 220% 78.5 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 363 273% 365 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 124%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 39GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 75 74 77 76 76 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	45.5% Average	Read 82.5 Write 76.8 Mixed 49.2 SusWrite 75.5 52% 71 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 180% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 84%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 3TB 3,868 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 2TB free, PID a202 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 128 129 129 129 128 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	53% Above average	Read 126 Write 125 Mixed 48 SusWrite 128 142% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 104% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 0215 CML8GX3M2A1600C9 KHX1600C9D3/4GX 0215 CML8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	63.1% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 20 62% 21.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 20 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 57.3 70% 57.3 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 64%

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Typical Z87-G55 (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 277 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 $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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