MSI Z87I GAMING AC (MS-7887)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). 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	7.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150511
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Feb 05 '18 at 16:01
Run Duration	218 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 (95^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 96.5 1-Core 116 2-Core 215 83% 143 Pts	4-Core 379 8-Core 575 59% 477 Pts	64-Core 571 35% 571 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 84%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371A) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2077 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Lighting 81.3 Reflection 81.8 Parallax 70.1 66% 77.7 fps	MRender 73.3 Gravity 74.2 Splatting 76.7 61% 74.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 60%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 7887) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 20064 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3115 (B1) Unknown 79 79 746 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 47 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 243 (EB) Unknown 99 99 713 (F1) Unknown 99 99 114631652313
Poor: 68% Great: 116%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 34GB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 101 99 3254920 (03) Spinup time 97 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7499 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 60255016728 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 17148 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4405 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 25770197014 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 56 48 13658095660 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2166 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 56 56 88620 (C2) HDA temperature 44 52 -140737488355284 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -53257594458672 (F1) Unknown 100 253 26252686183 (F2) Unknown 100 253 39983006896	56.5% Above average	Read 112 Write 84.3 Mixed 80.7 69% 92.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.31 106% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 114%
WD WD1600BEVS-22UST0 160GB 6,043 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 29GB free Firmware: 04.01G04 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 186 182 1700 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5791 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10800 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2858 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1071 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 51 51 447640 (C2) HDA temperature 116 91 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 198 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	17.9% Very poor	Read 32.4 Write 29.7 Mixed 31.1 23% 31.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.29 65% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 17.9% Great: 34%
WDC WD20 EARX-00PASB0 2TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 357GB free, PID 0475 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	19.9% Very poor	Read 39.8 Write 39.5 Mixed 26.7 44% 35.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.16 67% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 19.9% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1800 MHz clocked @ 2600 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 23.6 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 22.5 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 52.2 77% 52.2 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 85%

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Gaming 37%

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Desktop 78%

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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 $254	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 $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16