MSI Z97-G55 SLI (MS-7921)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (12th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 88 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	32.1% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Very high background CPU (70%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7921
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G55 SLI (MS-7921) (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150813
Uptime	5.5 Days
Run Date	Jul 08 '18 at 10:09
Run Duration	106 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	70%

PC Performing way below expectations (12^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 4.7 GHz, turbo 5.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	Memory 78.4 1-Core 118 2-Core 234 80% 144 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 472 54% 421 Pts	64-Core 489 30% 489 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 72.6% 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 6593) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2815 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.36 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	32.1% Below average	Lighting 30 Reflection 34.6 Parallax 28.1 24% 30.9 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 30 Splatting 39.1 47% 61.1 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 133%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 249GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 70 65 70 86 95 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	Read 139 Write 151 Mixed 89 SusWrite 69.2 83% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 223% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBSR 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBSR 16GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1333, 1600, 1333, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	35.8% Below average	MC Read 11.5 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 11.5 35% 12.4 GB/s	SC Read 7.1 SC Write 11.9 SC Mixed 8.1 26% 9.03 GB/s	Latency 83.5 48% 83.5 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 56%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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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Value: 72% - Very good

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