MSI Z87-G55 (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 85.4%, 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	80.4% 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	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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 17 months ago, 13 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G55 (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140221
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 09 '22 at 19:22
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	SAU-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 125 2-Core 255 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 676 67% 548 Pts	64-Core 670 42% 670 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$271 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% MSI(1462 3755) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 457.51 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 110 Parallax 112 96% 113 fps	MRender 135 Gravity 103 Splatting 95.7 89% 111 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$33 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 132 120 126 120 125 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Read 326 Write 161 Mixed 203 SusWrite 123 45% 203 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 46.5 169% 62 MB/s	DQ Read 200 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 155 120% 165 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 73%
Samsung 860 Pro 256GB-$90 12,565 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 48GB free Firmware: RVM01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 304 459 486 489 490 490 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 494 Mixed 458 SusWrite 453 108% 480 MB/s	4K Read 47.5 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 64.2 224% 80.9 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 361 272% 365 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 131%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$29 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 151GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 94 95 94 94 95 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	79.6% Very good	Read 183 Write 114 Mixed 86.9 SusWrite 94.5 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 244% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 109%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 16GB 60,539 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 10GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.6 4.8 5.2 5.6 5.8 5.8 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	11.1% Very poor	Read 33.3 Write 5.5 Mixed 7.2 SusWrite 5.3 13% 12.8 MB/s	4K Read 4.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 2.6 150% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 11.1% Great: 17%

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 (90^th percentile)	52% Above average	MC Read 19.2 MC Write 17.7 MC Mixed 14.5 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 19.2 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 58%

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Typical Z87-G55 (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 281 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	59x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	45x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	31x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	24x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	22x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	17x

SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	14x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	10x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 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: 75% - Very good

Total price: $378

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $48

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16