We used 3DMark‘s ‘Fire Strike’ benchmark which is designed to be used on gaming PCs. We opted for the Normal setting, NOT the Extreme mode.
We used the ‘Performance’ test in the 3DMark 11 benchmark.
Our array of system-related benchmarks does not throw up any errors or performance discrepancies for the Z87I Gaming AC. MSI's Mini-ITX board has no problems offering similar performance to contenders which also use the Z87 chipset.