MSI Z87I GAMING AC (MS-7887)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 88%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 66%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics106% 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 Drive68.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMSI MS-7887
MotherboardMSI Z87I GAMING AC (MS-7887)  (all builds)
Memory14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140530
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateJul 30 '18 at 12:04
Run Duration145 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU1%
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 PC Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
82.3% Excellent
Memory 92.9
1-Core 114
2-Core 230
83% 146 Pts
4-Core 424
8-Core 364
54% 394 Pts
64-Core 338
21% 338 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 82.3%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
106% Outstanding
Lighting 139
Reflection 149
Parallax 127
113% 138 fps
MRender 115
Gravity 132
Splatting 108
96% 118 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 106%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 830 128GB-$109
50GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXM03B1Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 195 183 192 174 186 MB/s
Performing above expectations (76th percentile)
68.8% Good
Read 485
Write 203
Mixed 219
SusWrite 187
60% 274 MB/s
4K Read 24.1
4K Write 57.9
4K Mixed 24.6
99% 35.5 MB/s
DQ Read 295
DQ Write 66.2
DQ Mixed 119
103% 160 MB/s
Poor: 48%
This bench: 68.8%
Great: 76%
Crucial BX300 480GB-$70
360GB free
Firmware: M2CR010
SusWrite @10s intervals: 428 439 450 466 477 475 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
122% Outstanding
Read 514
Write 468
Mixed 414
SusWrite 456
104% 463 MB/s
4K Read 33.9
4K Write 125
4K Mixed 52.4
185% 70.5 MB/s
DQ Read 385
DQ Write 348
DQ Mixed 305
246% 346 MB/s
Poor: 75%
This bench: 122%
Great: 121%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50
461GB free
Firmware: CC25
SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 197 190 191 189 198 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
110% Outstanding
Read 189
Write 156
Mixed 83.3
SusWrite 194
114% 156 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 110%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 1600 CL10 Series 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
62.7% Good
MC Read 22.7
MC Write 22.7
MC Mixed 20.2
62% 21.9 GB/s
SC Read 16.6
SC Write 17.7
SC Mixed 19.9
52% 18.1 GB/s
Latency 62.3
64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 32%
This bench: 62.7%
Great: 62%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming
Gaming 37%
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Desktop
Desktop 78%
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Workstation
Workstation 30%
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Motherboard: MSI Z87I GAMING AC (MS-7887)

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 54% - Above average Total price: $357
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