MSI Z77A-G41 (MS-7758)

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 82%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	110% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7758
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-G41 (MS-7758) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121024
Uptime	5.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 07 '16 at 08:10
Run Duration	207 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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 4.5 GHz, turbo 5.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 84.3 1-Core 124 2-Core 247 84% 152 Pts	4-Core 461 8-Core 455 62% 458 Pts	64-Core 438 27% 438 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7570 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 154 Parallax 144 118% 147 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 140 Splatting 114 101% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 348GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 66 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 9 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 64 56 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 262907026	96% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 415 Mixed 421 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 46.1 4K Write 98.2 4K Mixed 28.9 159% 57.7 MB/s	DQ Read 48.8 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 29.4 37% 64.2 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 134%
Kingston SV100S2128G 128GB 1,081 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 119GB free Firmware: D110225a Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (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 100 100 10434 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4579 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 30 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 40 100 257700003880 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 12255232 (AD) Unknown 100 100 22704635473	20.5% Poor	Read 240 Write 51 Mixed 33.1 23% 108 MB/s	4K Read 2.52 4K Write 21.3 4K Mixed 7.17 24% 10.3 MB/s	DQ Read 0.56 DQ Write 4.91 DQ Mixed 7.53 4% 4.33 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 20.5% Great: 37%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 687GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 146707752 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2064 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 17498368016 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15559 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2053 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 63 45 689438757 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 420 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 21641 (C2) HDA temperature 37 55 38654705701 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 68 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -55035710915534 (F1) Unknown 100 253 48947396382 (F2) Unknown 100 253 58781911303	92.7% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 144 Mixed 155 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.23 71% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 409GB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 29968768 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5952 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 49 44 5119691970448 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12418 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1661 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 43 120982143015 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 335 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 23 23 155626 (C2) HDA temperature 39 57 -140737488355289 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 2937757638378 (F1) Unknown 100 253 50105992902 (F2) Unknown 100 253 68872746755	105% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 178 Mixed 156 131% 174 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.35 102% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT102464BA160B.C16 Kingston 99U5471-037.A00LF 16GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	58.7% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 18.5 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 18.1 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 73 55% 73 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 61%

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Gaming 36%

Jet ski

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 28%

Raft

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