MSI Z87-G55 (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 82.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	76.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	79.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G55 (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140719
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '20 at 23:38
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Memory 90.8 1-Core 112 2-Core 223 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 419 57% 424 Pts	64-Core 424 26% 424 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$240 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% MSI(1462 C75A) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 442.59 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Lighting 95.9 Reflection 87.1 Parallax 83 78% 88.7 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 79.2 Splatting 74.8 72% 90.8 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 120GB 22,748 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: 11.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 121 53 77 68 44 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Read 469 Write 347 Mixed 319 SusWrite 83.2 68% 305 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 86.3 4K Mixed 33.2 140% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 263 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 188 171% 257 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 94%
Seagate ST500LM021-1KJ152 500GB 40,079 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 419GB free Firmware: LIM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 137 135 134 137 129 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	Read 134 Write 126 Mixed 72.7 SusWrite 134 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 77%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 500GB 64,410 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 98GB free Firmware: ACY0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 71 70 70 71 70 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	43.5% Average	Read 81.5 Write 79.5 Mixed 32 SusWrite 70.1 48% 65.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 104% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 58%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 320GB-$54 6,728 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 274GB free Firmware: JC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 96 95 97 96 97 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	55.9% Above average	Read 98.7 Write 90.7 Mixed 59.8 SusWrite 95.9 63% 86.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1.1 185% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 08G-D3-2400-MR 0420 F3-2400C10-4GZH 0921 08G-D3-2400-MR 0420 F3-2400C10-4GZH 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1600, 2400, 1600, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	60.6% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 18 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 19.4 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 66.1 60% 66.1 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 85%

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Typical Z87-G55 (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 278 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	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 $75Bench 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: 76% - Very good

Total price: $374

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16