MSI Z87I GAMING AC (MS-7887)

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (98th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 2 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	30.9% 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	56.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7887
Motherboard	MSI Z87I GAMING AC (MS-7887) (all builds)
Memory	6.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150511
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 12 '18 at 15:52
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 97.1 1-Core 121 2-Core 237 87% 152 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 635 64% 518 Pts	64-Core 632 39% 632 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7870-$203 42,130 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 2554) 2GB CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1200 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	30.9% Below average	Lighting 39.1 Reflection 35.2 Parallax 48.2 32% 40.8 fps	MRender 30.3 Gravity 33 Splatting 40.4 29% 34.6 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 30.9% Great: 28%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force 3 90GB-$242 1,943 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.3.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 76 79 80 81 81 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	Read 173 Write 92.6 Mixed 114 SusWrite 79.1 26% 114 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 94.3 4K Mixed 30.6 132% 51 MB/s	DQ Read 139 DQ Write 91.1 DQ Mixed 102 80% 111 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 56%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2133EL Series 2x4GB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 31 MC Mixed 24.6 83% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 27.6 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 49.9 80% 49.9 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 82%

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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%

Battleship

Workstation 30%

Raft

Motherboard: MSI Z87I GAMING AC (MS-7887)

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $127Bench 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: 56% - Above average

Total price: $422

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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