MSI Z87-G55 (MS-7821)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	37.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB 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.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G55 (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	16.9 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '18 at 03:04
Run Duration	400 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Memory 87 1-Core 112 2-Core 217 79% 139 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 586 61% 489 Pts	64-Core 595 37% 595 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	37.4% Below average	Lighting 41.1 Reflection 65.7 Parallax 51.6 34% 52.8 fps	MRender 67.5 Gravity 45.8 Splatting 53.3 45% 55.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 776GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 5054 (03) Spinup time 174 167 2283 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 913 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 25388 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 892 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 339 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 979 (C2) HDA temperature 111 96 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	101% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 164 Mixed 156 127% 169 MB/s	4K Read 1.24 4K Write 2.44 4K Mixed 0.31 132% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 109%
Hitachi HDT725032VLA380 320GB-$36 4,086 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 183GB free (System drive) Firmware: V54OA7BA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 31 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 1 0 (03) Spinup time 119 100 30083973453 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4586 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 97 0 (08) Seek timer performance 132 100 33 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 20248 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2628 (C0) Power-off retract count 89 89 13406 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 13406 (C2) HDA temperature 162 130 201864249381 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0	39.1% Below average	Read 69.9 Write 66 Mixed 65.5 50% 67.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.39 100% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 40%
Seagate ST3250310AS 250GB-$44 34,705 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 179GB free Firmware: 3.ADA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 94 91 70350952 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2236 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 30358547 (09) Power-on hours count 54 54 41126 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2221 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 47 605618212 (C2) HDA temperature 36 53 85899345956 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 66 53 171679538 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	53.5% Above average	Read 91.8 Write 94.7 Mixed 93.5 70% 93.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.18 4K Mixed 0.45 93% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 54%
Hitachi HDT725032VLA380 320GB-$36 4,086 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 124GB free Firmware: V54OA7BA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 75 0 (02) Throughput performance 165 63 175 (03) Spinup time 108 100 25792414045 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 10396 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 97 0 (08) Seek timer performance 134 100 32 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 18188 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2552 (C0) Power-off retract count 86 86 17026 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 17026 (C2) HDA temperature 166 130 197569216548 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0	35.8% Below average	Read 63.8 Write 60.6 Mixed 56.2 45% 60.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.24 69% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 40%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 16GB 33,521 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 11GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	6.03% Terrible	Read 21.3 Write 3.96 Mixed 4.99 10% 10.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.64 4K Write 0.32 4K Mixed 1.17 68% 2.04 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 6.03% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-10666CL9-8GBXL 0420 F3-10666CL9-8GBXL 1311 NT2GC64B88B0NF-CG Kingston KP223C-ELF 20GB 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	49.4% Average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 14.3 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 15.2 44% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 70.4 57% 70.4 ns

Take a copy of your results How to check your in-game FPS

System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical Z87-G55 (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 276 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 $127Bench 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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $439

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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