MSI Z87I GAMING AC (MS-7887)

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Speed boat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	45.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	80.4% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7887
Motherboard	MSI Z87I GAMING AC (MS-7887) (all builds)
Memory	3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150511
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 21 '17 at 18:10
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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)	81.6% Excellent	Memory 90 1-Core 109 2-Core 222 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 422 57% 423 Pts	64-Core 416 26% 416 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-$329 50,279 User benchmarks, average bench 45% Asus(1043 8469) 3GB CLim: 1228 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	45.3% Average	Lighting 54 Reflection 50.7 Parallax 66.2 44% 56.9 fps	MRender 68.1 Gravity 62.5 Splatting 48.7 48% 59.8 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3856 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1551 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 91 91 279 (AE) Unknown 100 100 128 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 62 43 244813987878 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 91 91 9 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 41864432715 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1318987491 (F8) Unknown 100 100 3333528937	80.4% Excellent	Read 501 Write 321 Mixed 384 89% 402 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 18.1 116% 48.4 MB/s	DQ Read 26 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 18.9 56% 113 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 97%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 208GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 3799 (03) Spinup time 174 168 4300 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3955 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5272 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1575 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 141 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 178 178 68661 (C2) HDA temperature 108 89 39 (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	62.8% Good	Read 119 Write 99.6 Mixed 105 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.23 100% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya M2X4G64CB88CHN-DG 2x4GB 36 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	MC Read 20 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 17.7 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 15.9 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 60%

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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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Typical Z87I GAMING AC (MS-7887) Builds (Compare 115 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 37%

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Desktop 78%

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Workstation 30%

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Motherboard: MSI Z87I GAMING AC (MS-7887)

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	20x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	19x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	17x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	11x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	10x
GTX 760Nvidia $209Bench 26%, 161,132 samples	9x

SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	7x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	5x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	5x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	5x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 51%, 38,490 samples	5x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	5x

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Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $357

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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