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 (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	95% 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.

System	MSI MS-7921
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G55 SLI (MS-7921) (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141110
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 23 '17 at 22:11
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3-$217 8,137 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	Memory 83.3 1-Core 101 2-Core 191 72% 125 Pts	4-Core 347 8-Core 523 54% 435 Pts	64-Core 528 33% 528 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 80%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 184GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6457 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1004 (B1) Unknown 95 95 91 (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 69 45 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 246 (F1) Unknown 99 99 48593277532	95% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 381 Mixed 389 94% 423 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 78.2 4K Mixed 37.7 153% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 44.2 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 23.2 46% 88.2 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 124%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 470GB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 72 (03) Spinup time 152 152 25785270534 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 115 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 742 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 102 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 129 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 129 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 176094707750 (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	93% Outstanding	Read 154 Write 170 Mixed 162 122% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.14 54% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$34 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 310GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 90777088 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4893 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 9237609170 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21162 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4310 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 5 (BD) vendor-specific 87 87 13 (BE) vendor-specific 60 50 73704603688 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 951 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 33243 (C2) HDA temperature 40 50 -140737488355288 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 18 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 110299055148275 (F1) Unknown 100 253 216917093920 (F2) Unknown 100 253 197423410021	97.1% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 160 Mixed 156 124% 165 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.27 91% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 112%
TOSHIBA USB 2.5"-HDD 250GB 38 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 167GB free, PID 0b03 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	18.9% Very poor	Read 34.9 Write 36.5 Mixed 34.8 46% 35.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.35 77% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 18.9% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown PSD34G133381 1302 PSD38G13332 1302 PSD34G133381 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	34.1% Below average	MC Read 11.5 MC Write 11.8 MC Mixed 10.2 32% 11.2 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 11.2 SC Mixed 10.3 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 74.7 54% 74.7 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 34.1% Great: 50%

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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 $269	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 $177	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