MSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758)

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	57.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	59% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7758
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140307
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 11 '16 at 19:41
Run Duration	266 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Memory 86.7 1-Core 112 2-Core 222 79% 140 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 447 59% 444 Pts	64-Core 446 28% 446 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-Ti-$410 30,815 User benchmarks, average bench 53% EVGA(3842 2888) 3GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6839 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	57.9% Above average	Lighting 74.6 Reflection 71.8 Parallax 90.2 61% 78.9 fps	MRender 82.1 Gravity 61.6 Splatting 53.3 52% 65.7 fps
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 59%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB-$503 3,421 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: M311 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5144 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 750 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 41 0 73017917481 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 94 94 7 (EA) Unknown 100 100 87457 (F1) Unknown 100 100 7046 (F2) Unknown 100 100 7759 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 54	59% Above average	Read 407 Write 215 Mixed 251 64% 291 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 51.5 4K Mixed 14.9 80% 29.6 MB/s	DQ Read 216 DQ Write 52.4 DQ Mixed 36.3 52% 102 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 100%
Corsair Force GT 90GB-$96 764 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 14GB free Firmware: 5.02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 106 13443753 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -55594056656233 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 840 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 43 (B1) Unknown 0 0 6 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 39 62 64428572711 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 13443753 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 13443753 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 13443753 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 12688 (EA) Unknown 0 0 43522 (F1) Unknown 0 0 43522 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9446	65.5% Good	Read 507 Write 113 Mixed 181 58% 267 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 95.4 4K Mixed 16 113% 46.4 MB/s	DQ Read 152 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 44.5 56% 99.8 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 78%
WD WD5000AAKX-001CA0 ATA Device (TurboPC EX) 500GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 416GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 142 141 3858 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4841 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 23605 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 899 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 37 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4803 (C2) HDA temperature 102 92 41 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	64% Good	Read 106 Write 117 Mixed 108 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.44 108% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 65%
WD WD1001FALS-00J7B0 ATA Device (TurboPC EX) 1TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 129GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 228 225 8575 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3732 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18836 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1978 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 244 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3731 (C2) HDA temperature 108 96 42 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	37.9% Below average	Read 66.1 Write 65.1 Mixed 59.3 48% 63.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 2.52 4K Mixed 0.5 135% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 42%
BUFFALO HD-PCFU3 USB Device (TurboPC EX) 2TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 817GB free, PID 0243 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	36.1% Below average	Read 87.6 Write 84.8 Mixed 79.7 108% 84 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.2 62% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 36%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 2TB 332 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 757GB free, PID ab21 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	40.3% Average	Read 93.5 Write 97.2 Mixed 115 134% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.34 74% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 53%
Apricorn 120GB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 111GB free, PID 0301 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	238% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 106 Mixed 94 144% 123 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 60.3 4K Mixed 8.86 2,435% 30.5 MB/s	DQ Read 23.2 DQ Write 78.2 DQ Mixed 11.3 3,133% 37.6 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 238% Great: 238%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 4x4GB 491 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	52.6% Above average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 19 MC Mixed 16.3 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 17.5 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 70.8 56% 70.8 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 67%

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

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Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758)

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	479x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	344x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	248x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	141x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	135x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	124x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	60x
MX500 500GBCrucial $54Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	55x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	54x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	48x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	42x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 53%, 47,852 samples	35x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $280

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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