MSI Z77A-G41 (MS-7758)

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	8.96% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	95.9% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7758
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-G41 (MS-7758) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140307
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 14 '18 at 20:43
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570K-$136 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Memory 95.3 1-Core 94.9 2-Core 189 75% 126 Pts	4-Core 377 8-Core 376 50% 376 Pts	64-Core 376 23% 376 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7750 22,655 User benchmarks, average bench 8% PwrHis(1787 200B) 1GB CLim: 800 MHz, MLim: 1125 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	8.96% Terrible	Lighting 10.1 Reflection 13.6 Parallax 13.6 8% 12.4 fps	MRender 11.5 Gravity 9.07 Splatting 16.3 10% 12.3 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 8.96% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 369 170 175 168 174 167 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Read 483 Write 466 Mixed 385 SusWrite 204 86% 384 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 94.4 4K Mixed 42.6 154% 56.7 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 354 DQ Mixed 365 276% 369 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2015)-$40 52,322 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 660GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 130 128 131 131 132 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	75.5% Very good	Read 133 Write 117 Mixed 95 SusWrite 130 88% 119 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 205% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 87%
SanDisk Ultra Flair USB 3.0 16GB-$8 10,598 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 10GB free, PID 5591 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 19 10 9.1 9.1 9.2 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	15.5% Very poor	Read 29.7 Write 17.5 Mixed 18.5 SusWrite 12.4 24% 19.5 MB/s	4K Read 4.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 3.1 205% 3.47 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 15.5% Great: 32%

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 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	82% Excellent	MC Read 31.5 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 26.7 86% 30.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 18.1 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 56.1 71% 56.1 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 85%

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

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Typical Z77A-G41 (MS-7758) Builds (Compare 705 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 36%

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Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G41 (MS-7758) - $232

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	194x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	119x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	101x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	63x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	46x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	36x

SSD
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	25x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	19x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	19x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	17x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	15x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	10x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $606

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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