MSI Z87-G55 (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 90.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	28.8% 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	41.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G55 (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '18 at 01:57
Run Duration	237 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (46^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Memory 92 1-Core 126 2-Core 244 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 655 72% 569 Pts	64-Core 655 40% 655 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 2768) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	28.8% Poor	Lighting 33.7 Reflection 30.8 Parallax 38.9 28% 34.5 fps	MRender 42.2 Gravity 39.9 Splatting 34.4 31% 38.8 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 28.8% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V+200 Series 120GB 853 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: 502ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 106 12594791 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -82643760691207 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3130 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1852 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 46 81 42954981422 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 12594791 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 12594791 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 12594791 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 18484 (EA) Unknown 0 0 18157 (F1) Unknown 0 0 18157 (F2) Unknown 0 0 13164	41.3% Average	Read 191 Write 103 Mixed 120 30% 138 MB/s	4K Read 17.4 4K Write 89.3 4K Mixed 9.97 86% 38.9 MB/s	DQ Read 18.8 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 7.88 22% 44.5 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 83%
Toshiba MK5076GSX 500GB-$54 7,200 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 21GB free Firmware: GS001C Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 2135 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 14915 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 34 34 26766 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 7640 (B7) Unknown 100 100 2768 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 348 (BC) Unknown 100 1 764 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 53 672923686 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 62 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 73991273 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 74 74 266195 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 5	25.9% Poor	Read 39 Write 50.9 Mixed 49 35% 46.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.08 4K Mixed 0.21 57% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 25.9% Great: 42%
Hitachi HTS547564A9E384 640GB 14,066 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 2GB free Firmware: JEDOA50A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 99 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 184 100 73014444033 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 6114 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 50 50 21936 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2577 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 249340624896 (BC) Unknown 100 99 115971719171 (BE) vendor-specific 64 51 455606308 (BF) G-sense error rate 74 74 6674 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4390979 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 45 45 554093 (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 100 100 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	26.9% Poor	Read 48.9 Write 44.6 Mixed 49.3 36% 47.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 0.97 4K Mixed 0.15 50% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 26.9% Great: 51%
WD WD1001FAES-60Z2A0 1TB 11,642 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2GB free Firmware: 06.01D06 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 174 4075 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8993 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19540 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3014 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 1 7435 (BC) Unknown 100 1 98788442111 (BE) vendor-specific 52 39 116771651632 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1137 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7855 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 192 192 1415 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 194 193 990 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 75588 (C8) Write error rate 187 155 2795	41.8% Average	Read 76 Write 69.5 Mixed 72.9 55% 72.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.25 70% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 0GB free Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 1136 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 10139 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 38718084734 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8008 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3331 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 56 46 5118885932 (C2) HDA temperature 44 54 -140737488355284 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 35 16 1136 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 197 363 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 89571542966407 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4005940014 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1293715921	25.4% Poor	Read 57.5 Write 29 Mixed 30.8 29% 39.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 6.11 4K Mixed 0.45 179% 2.31 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 25.4% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 16GB 428 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	57.9% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 16.6 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 18.6 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 64%

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI Z87-G55 (MS-7821) - $100

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 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

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $374

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