MSI Z97-G55 SLI (MS-7921)

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 60% Gunboat	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 51.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	87.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	27.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7921
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G55 SLI (MS-7921) (all builds)
Memory	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger, 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150813
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 02 '21 at 18:31
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	100%

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PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	51.2% Above average	Memory 68.4 1-Core 69.9 2-Core 86.2 48% 74.8 Pts	4-Core 185 8-Core 282 29% 233 Pts	64-Core 224 14% 224 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.11 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 116 Parallax 105 89% 110 fps	MRender 96.4 Gravity 104 Splatting 102 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 88%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 7921) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.5171 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	3.07% Terrible	Lighting 3.8 Reflection 2.8 Parallax 6 3% 4.2 fps	MRender 5.2 Gravity 2.3 Splatting 3.7 3% 3.73 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.07% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 240 GB 240GB 24,911 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF4500RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 93 62 68 41 40 MB/s Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	27.7% Poor	Read 215 Write 187 Mixed 138 SusWrite 79.7 35% 155 MB/s	4K Read 6.2 4K Write 16.8 4K Mixed 15.5 38% 12.8 MB/s	DQ Read 45.3 DQ Write 31.2 DQ Mixed 34.9 27% 37.1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 27.7% Great: 56%
Hitachi HTS723232A7A364 320GB 11,127 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 152GB free Firmware: EC2OA60W SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 9.6 40 72 82 83 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	27.8% Poor	Read 43 Write 56.5 Mixed 32 SusWrite 53.8 34% 46.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.5 91% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 27.8% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 0215 CML16GX3M2A1600C10 0215 CML16GX3M2A1600C10 32GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	50.1% Above average	MC Read 18.8 MC Write 19.9 MC Mixed 17.3 53% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 10.9 SC Mixed 11.7 31% 11 GB/s	Latency 105 38% 105 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 59%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	7	5	60	24"	1280 720	BNQ78CE BenQ GL2460

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Gaming 47%

Yacht

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 40%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z97-G55 SLI (MS-7921)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	66x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	53x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	42x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	26x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	18x
GTX 1660-TiNvidia $143Bench 76%, 318,562 samples	15x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	9x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	9x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	8x

RAM
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	13x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	11x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	9x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16