MSI Z87I GAMING AC (MS-7887)

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 76.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	122% 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	93.8% 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.

Very high background CPU (64%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7887
Motherboard	MSI Z87I GAMING AC (MS-7887) (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150511
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 18 '21 at 01:48
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	64%

PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	76.9% Very good	Memory 83.8 1-Core 121 2-Core 240 83% 148 Pts	4-Core 385 8-Core 507 57% 446 Pts	64-Core 629 39% 629 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6393) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 461.92 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 165 Reflection 265 Parallax 171 134% 200 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 174 Splatting 122 115% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 268 225 72 78 81 82 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Read 433 Write 213 Mixed 392 SusWrite 134 65% 293 MB/s	4K Read 39 4K Write 76.7 4K Mixed 52.2 167% 56 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 358 270% 360 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 134%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$139 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 372GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 270 373 459 467 463 466 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 470 Mixed 431 SusWrite 416 102% 453 MB/s	4K Read 43.7 4K Write 95.6 4K Mixed 57.8 191% 65.7 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 358 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 463GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 127 125 126 127 127 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Read 186 Write 153 Mixed 81.5 SusWrite 126 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 18,444 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1400 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.7% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 15.7 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.3 SC Write 15.8 SC Mixed 14.5 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 73.9 54% 73.9 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 71%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 71: 8R 8G 7B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
71%	34%	67	326	258	240	24.5"	1920 1080	DELA0F6 Dell AW2518H

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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	21x
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 $139Bench 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 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16