MSI Z77A-G41 (MS-7758)

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	101% 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.

Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7758
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-G41 (MS-7758) (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131101
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 13 '16 at 23:18
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	41%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 4.3 GHz, turbo 5.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 94.6 1-Core 120 2-Core 240 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 475 63% 473 Pts	64-Core 472 29% 472 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6869 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 116 Parallax 99.4 92% 110 fps	MRender 98.3 Gravity 103 Splatting 103 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 171GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8309 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 210 (B1) Unknown 99 99 13 (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 66 59 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 27 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13947239501	101% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 415 Mixed 421 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 73.2 4K Mixed 34.4 147% 50 MB/s	DQ Read 265 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 109 116% 193 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 134%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 347GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 69 69 10180 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10500 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 22612 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 1 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3486 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 4 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 61 404160536 (C2) HDA temperature 75 57 420937753 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 211863 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 59 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	48.7% Average	Read 82.4 Write 87.2 Mixed 65.2 58% 78.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.19 66% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 62%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$90 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 237GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 134 132 4266 (04) Start/Stop count 84 84 16728 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 49 49 37797 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4062 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 134 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 16728 (C2) HDA temperature 113 89 30 (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 3092 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	53.6% Above average	Read 98.1 Write 88.6 Mixed 98.5 72% 95.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.19 78% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 58%
WD My Passport 1TB 12,840 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 392GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	40.9% Average	Read 90.4 Write 98.9 Mixed 66.3 108% 85.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.15 75% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 28.7 88% 30.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.6 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 22.2 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 58.1 69% 58.1 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 88%

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Desktop 76%

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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 $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 $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