MSI Z87I GAMING AC (MS-7887)

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	108% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	107% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7887
Motherboard	MSI Z87I GAMING AC (MS-7887) (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150511
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 20 '20 at 11:54
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 5.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 128 2-Core 255 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 508 8-Core 510 68% 509 Pts	64-Core 507 31% 507 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 1451) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2702 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 153 Parallax 142 111% 144 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 144 Splatting 126 107% 132 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 211GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 231 391 445 459 437 419 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 452 Write 390 Mixed 365 SusWrite 397 90% 401 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 53.4 179% 65 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 158 127% 185 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 134%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 403GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 233 441 461 461 451 324 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 461 Write 439 Mixed 424 SusWrite 395 97% 430 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 58.6 189% 68.8 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 360 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 129%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX31600C10F/8G 2x8GB 62 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	63.3% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 20.1 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 23.3 SC Mixed 19.9 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 64%

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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%

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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 $129Bench 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 $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