MSI Z87I GAMING AC (MS-7887)

Performance Results


Gaming 139% UFO	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 113% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	202% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	66.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7887
Motherboard	MSI Z87I GAMING AC (MS-7887) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 30 '22 at 14:37
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4771-$129 11,180 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Memory 84 1-Core 102 2-Core 188 72% 124 Pts	4-Core 317 8-Core 451 48% 384 Pts	64-Core 512 32% 512 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3090-$1,148 158,856 User benchmarks, average bench 210% MSI(1462 3881) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 4875 MHz, Ram: 24GB, Driver: 526.47 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	202% Outstanding	Lighting 295 Reflection 294 Parallax 324 241% 304 fps	MRender 334 Gravity 253 Splatting 186 203% 258 fps
Poor: 185% ↑ This bench: 202% Great: 230%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 120GB-$75 15,430 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 123 118 118 117 115 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	66.4% Good	Read 400 Write 138 Mixed 205 SusWrite 119 48% 216 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 72.9 4K Mixed 30.1 112% 42 MB/s	DQ Read 258 DQ Write 133 DQ Mixed 151 124% 180 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 77%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 72GB free Firmware: 0C3G37R5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 362 139 103 104 101 103 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Read 451 Write 417 Mixed 220 SusWrite 152 69% 310 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 66.2 4K Mixed 38 125% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 263 DQ Mixed 191 170% 258 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.4% Above average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 15.7 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 15.4 45% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 73.4 54% 73.4 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 88%

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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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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 $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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	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