MSI Z97-G55 SLI (MS-7921)

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


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 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 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	119% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	115% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7921
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G55 SLI (MS-7921) (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150813
Uptime	2.7 Days
Run Date	Sep 11 '17 at 17:57
Run Duration	226 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

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 i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 120 2-Core 219 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 638 64% 520 Pts	64-Core 631 39% 631 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6390) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	119% Outstanding	Lighting 162 Reflection 182 Parallax 184 132% 176 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 163 Splatting 117 108% 134 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 104GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 719 Write 542 Mixed 553 134% 605 MB/s	4K Read 52.8 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 26.4 170% 61.9 MB/s	DQ Read 54.1 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 23.2 36% 65.2 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 236%
Adata Premier Pro SP900 128GB-$40 2,820 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 51GB free Firmware: 5.0.7a Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (11^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 100 100 2883109 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 -139174120239257 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 922 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 263 (B1) Unknown 0 0 9 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 28 54 47248179228 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 2883109 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 2883109 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 2883109 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 21185 (EA) Unknown 0 0 20990 (F1) Unknown 0 0 20990 (F2) Unknown 0 0 20633	57.8% Above average	Read 261 Write 132 Mixed 151 40% 181 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 15.7 112% 48.4 MB/s	DQ Read 161 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 36.7 60% 115 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 80%
Seagate ST2000DX002-2DV164 4TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 166 166 6666 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 105 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3536 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 83 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 13 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 461 (C2) HDA temperature 124 102 26 (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	88.1% Excellent	Read 160 Write 147 Mixed 148 114% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 2.43 4K Mixed 0.21 100% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 98%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 447GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 172 2275 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4648 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21278 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1249 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 210 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4437 (C2) HDA temperature 117 94 26 (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 (F0) Head flying hours 83 83 12662 (F1) Unknown 200 200 79096450430 (F2) Unknown 200 200 57721952678	87% Excellent	Read 174 Write 129 Mixed 134 109% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 2.45 4K Mixed 0.2 102% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 109%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 196GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 55641736 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 96 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 8625009243 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3555 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 86 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 73 50 454426651 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 148 (C2) HDA temperature 27 50 77309411355 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -32804960203308 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12268785578 (F2) Unknown 100 253 319054475667	65.7% Good	Read 106 Write 122 Mixed 114 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 4.73 4K Mixed 0.35 142% 1.82 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 110%
WD My Passport 0820 2TB 18,744 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1.5TB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	42% Average	Read 93.9 Write 102 Mixed 58.6 107% 84.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.23 77% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 12,350 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 20.6 MC Mixed 18.1 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 18.5 SC Mixed 18.3 49% 17 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 64%

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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	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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