MSI Z97-G55 SLI (MS-7921)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	80.5% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7921
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G55 SLI (MS-7921) (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141110
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 31 '18 at 06:08
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Memory 93.2 1-Core 136 2-Core 264 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 538 8-Core 530 72% 534 Pts	64-Core 533 33% 533 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 851GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 300 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 3 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 63 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 278408127	80.5% Excellent	Read 426 Write 363 Mixed 361 85% 383 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 77.2 4K Mixed 24.2 131% 46.8 MB/s	DQ Read 40.3 DQ Write 82.1 DQ Mixed 24 29% 48.8 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 133%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 98GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 77 70 7178 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1388 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 35393 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1392 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 62 55 193274708006 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 20 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1395	56.1% Above average	Read 89.1 Write 106 Mixed 119 80% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.4 116% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 75%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 86GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 242 230 7858 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2277 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 37 37 45999 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2247 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 160 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2277 (C2) HDA temperature 116 101 34 (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	42.4% Average	Read 86.9 Write 60.3 Mixed 75.9 56% 74.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.37 102% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 76%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 72GB free Firmware: MK7OA840 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 82 (03) Spinup time 165 165 21497971092 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 727 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 123 123 31 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 34546 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 726 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 822 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 822 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 210454708256 (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 200 200 0	49.9% Average	Read 71.7 Write 102 Mixed 72.1 61% 81.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.26 88% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 82%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Dark-1600 2x8GB 679 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	62.5% Good	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 18.7 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 23.5 SC Mixed 20 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 61.6 65% 61.6 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 62%

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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	25x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	18x
GTX 1660-TiNvidia $143Bench 76%, 318,562 samples	15x

SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	9x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	8x
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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Total price: $560

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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) $37	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