MSI Z97-G55 SLI (MS-7921)

Performance Results


Gaming 100% UFO	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	128% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	136% 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	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 (53%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7921
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G55 SLI (MS-7921) (all builds)
Memory	22.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160219
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 10 '24 at 01:20
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	53%

PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5775C-$183 2,527 User benchmarks, average bench 85% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Memory 95.4 1-Core 87.1 2-Core 160 70% 114 Pts	4-Core 325 8-Core 484 50% 404 Pts	64-Core 468 29% 468 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6593) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 551.23 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	128% Outstanding	Lighting 175 Reflection 193 Parallax 199 142% 189 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 184 Splatting 127 120% 149 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 990 PRO with Heatsink 2TB 3,821 User benchmarks, average bench 440% 486GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B2QJXD7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 561 559 575 590 594 592 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	136% Outstanding	Read 649 Write 593 Mixed 602 SusWrite 578 136% 606 MB/s	4K Read 46.5 4K Write 64.9 4K Mixed 51.6 171% 54.3 MB/s	DQ Read 572 DQ Write 384 DQ Mixed 500 367% 486 MB/s
Poor: 237% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 587%
WD Black 2.5" 320GB (2010)-$45 23,554 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 298GB free Firmware: 12.01A12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 79 81 79 79 80 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	46.4% Average	Read 81.9 Write 80.1 Mixed 56.9 SusWrite 79.6 55% 74.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 160% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 60%
WD Black 2.5" 320GB (2010)-$45 23,554 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 278GB free Firmware: 11.01A11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 72 72 72 73 74 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	43.4% Average	Read 78.4 Write 60.2 Mixed 52.4 SusWrite 72.6 49% 65.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 60%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2013)-$40 57,200 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 879GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 98 101 99 100 102 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	Read 102 Write 82.1 Mixed 54.8 SusWrite 99.4 62% 84.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 63%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 1,516 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 886GB free, PID 231a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 103 104 103 102 103 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	41.4% Average	Read 89.3 Write 89.1 Mixed 57.1 SusWrite 102 115% 84.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 97% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16JTF1G64AZ-1G6E1 4x8GB 1,895 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	MC Read 35.4 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 18.9 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 17.3 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 53.9 74% 53.9 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 91%

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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	71	59	60	23.8"	1280 720	HPN3688 HP E24 G4

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 40%

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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	52x
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
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston $35Bench 64%, 176,713 samples	7x

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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16