MSI Z87-G55 (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	71.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	29% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G55 (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1720 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130722
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '23 at 03:07
Run Duration	118 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	78.2% Very good	Memory 89.8 1-Core 103 2-Core 207 77% 133 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 396 52% 390 Pts	64-Core 407 25% 407 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 537.42 Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	71.6% Very good	Lighting 86.6 Reflection 147 Parallax 90.3 71% 108 fps	MRender 89.8 Gravity 89 Splatting 90.1 73% 89.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 88%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 218 178 26 27 29 29 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	29% Poor	Read 170 Write 24.1 Mixed 28 SusWrite 84.5 17% 76.5 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 16.8 4K Mixed 10.9 55% 16.4 MB/s	DQ Read 15 DQ Write 16.2 DQ Mixed 14.6 11% 15.3 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 29% Great: 102%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBSR KHX1600C9D3/4GX 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBSR 16GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	61.4% Good	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 19.5 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 19 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 61%

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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: 0P 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	69	57	144	23.5"	1280 720	MSI1462 Optix G24C

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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 $72Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	14x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	10x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $351

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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