MSI Z97-G55 SLI (MS-7921)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 81.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.9% 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	70.9% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	MSI MS-7921
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G55 SLI (MS-7921) (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160219
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 31 '20 at 20:47
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Memory 89.3 1-Core 109 2-Core 219 79% 139 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 432 58% 432 Pts	64-Core 426 26% 426 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3233) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 114 Parallax 104 91% 110 fps	MRender 95 Gravity 101 Splatting 87 76% 94.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2306RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 66 72 74 63 63 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	Read 428 Write 184 Mixed 161 SusWrite 71.7 46% 211 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 91.3 4K Mixed 30.3 130% 50 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 168 DQ Mixed 120 118% 191 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 91%
CHN 25SATAC3 256 256GB 34 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 238GB free Firmware: S0628A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 320 390 393 392 396 395 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Read 443 Write 386 Mixed 357 SusWrite 381 88% 392 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 95 4K Mixed 19.5 107% 45.1 MB/s	DQ Read 132 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 30.1 70% 141 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 81%
WD WD5002AALX-00J37A0 500GB 10,663 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 66GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 99 98 95 98 99 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	Read 95 Write 87.5 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 97.8 64% 86.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 72%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 51GB free Firmware: 3.AAG SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 55 50 56 57 56 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	29.6% Poor	Read 47.8 Write 39.2 Mixed 38.5 SusWrite 54.9 33% 45.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 131% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 29.6% Great: 43%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 54GB free, PID 1042 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 73 72 70 79 74 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	29.8% Poor	Read 62.8 Write 62.3 Mixed 42 SusWrite 73.1 82% 60.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 77% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot PSD34G160081 4x4GB 354 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	60.6% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 18.4 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 19.1 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 61%

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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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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $564

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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16