MSI Z87I GAMING AC (MS-7887)

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 89.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	141% 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.

System	MSI MS-7887
Motherboard	MSI Z87I GAMING AC (MS-7887) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit색, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit색
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150511
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 27 '19 at 20:57
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Memory 97.8 1-Core 130 2-Core 258 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 686 69% 560 Pts	64-Core 678 42% 678 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 7887) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% MSI(1462 3413) CLim: 1435 MHz, MLim: 2200 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.3.3 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Lighting 77.4 Reflection 73.3 Parallax 89.5 63% 80.1 fps	MRender 75.4 Gravity 77.8 Splatting 61.3 58% 71.5 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 5 Volume 240GB 60 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 151GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 623 275 271 370 455 201 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	141% Outstanding	Read 1,459 Write 220 Mixed 286 SusWrite 366 126% 583 MB/s	4K Read 51.8 4K Write 29.6 4K Mixed 34.5 138% 38.6 MB/s	DQ Read 695 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 203 203% 343 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 141% Great: 141%
Seagate ST750LM022 HN-M750MBB 750GB 31,958 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 597GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 87 81 70 78 90 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	48% Average	Read 85.5 Write 57.2 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 81.6 50% 67.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 117% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 57%
WD My Passport 25E9 1TB 490 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 882GB free, PID 25e9 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 41 43 43 43 43 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	34.3% Below average	Read 42.2 Write 42.8 Mixed 34 SusWrite 42.5 55% 40.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 6.1 4K Mixed 0.8 238% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 70%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 64GB 393 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 54GB free, PID 0723 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 12 13 13 13 13 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	10.9% Very poor	Read 18.5 Write 13.3 Mixed 7.8 SusWrite 12.6 17% 13 MB/s	4K Read 3.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 2.2 140% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 10.9% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 2,474 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2200 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 24.1 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.1 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 26.7 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 47.1 85% 47.1 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 62%

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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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16