MSI Z87I (MS-7851)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


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 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% 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.
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 (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7851
Motherboard	MSI Z87I (MS-7851) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150515
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 10 '21 at 12:03
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	31%

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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 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 (96^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Memory 94.4 1-Core 117 2-Core 227 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 581 61% 487 Pts	64-Core 596 37% 596 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.77 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 147 Parallax 150 111% 144 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 139 Splatting 121 103% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 13,939 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,002 Write 681 Mixed 527 163% 737 MB/s	4K Read 39 4K Write 89.9 4K Mixed 53.6 175% 60.8 MB/s	DQ Read 463 DQ Write 532 DQ Mixed 394 325% 463 MB/s
Poor: 82% Great: 313%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 2TB 7,767 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 239GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 43 47 75 61 56 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	22.6% Poor	Read 24.3 Write 34.8 Mixed 17.9 SusWrite 54.2 24% 32.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.6 104% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 22.6% Great: 123%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLE8G3D1869DE1TX0. 2x8GB 3,080 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	66.4% Good	MC Read 22.9 MC Write 24.7 MC Mixed 21 65% 22.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 21.3 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 58.6 68% 58.6 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 72%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	8	5	60	34"	1280 720	SAM0F70 S34J55x

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 8%

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Motherboard: MSI Z87I (MS-7851) - $142

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	28x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	27x
Core i5-4570Intel $99Bench 62%, 129,272 samples	8x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	16x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	9x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	8x

SSD
Green 240GB (2018)WD $42Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	5x
Force GT 60GBCorsairBench 59%, 1,562 samples	4x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	3x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	7x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	6x
HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GBKingstonBench 61%, 11,630 samples	6x

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Value: 70% - Good

Total price: $319

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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