MSI Z77A-G41 (MS-7758)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


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 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	84.8% 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	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.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7758
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-G41 (MS-7758) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120619
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '17 at 19:51
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	3%

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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 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Memory 94.7 1-Core 128 2-Core 256 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 508 8-Core 511 68% 509 Pts	64-Core 507 31% 507 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 116 Parallax 99 86% 107 fps	MRender 99.5 Gravity 98.1 Splatting 102 82% 99.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 335GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 79 63 95184818 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 464 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 9145813 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 806 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 169 (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 70 62 505217054 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 466 (C2) HDA temperature 30 13 55834574878 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 3 1 95184818 (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 -54726473285088 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3768994075 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3285929423	90.5% Outstanding	Read 161 Write 154 Mixed 136 113% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.27 92% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 212GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 78844256 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1704 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 30313899928 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8397 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1657 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 13 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 72 55 471531548 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 117 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3195 (C2) HDA temperature 28 45 42949672988 (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 -123214021779189 (F1) Unknown 100 253 55201011899 (F2) Unknown 100 253 91843036726	84.2% Excellent	Read 154 Write 139 Mixed 129 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.31 104% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 112%
Seagate ST9160823AS 160GB-$51 538 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 25GB free Firmware: 3.DAE Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8289 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 59723076 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4965 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2740 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 73 50 454623259 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 566 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 9 9 182193 (C2) HDA temperature 27 50 47244640283 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 85 60 80466360 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0 (FE) Unknown 100 253 0	18.9% Very poor	Read 28.5 Write 37.3 Mixed 28.6 24% 31.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 0.93 4K Mixed 0.33 71% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 18.9% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 28,461 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	77% Very good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 23.6 77% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 22.4 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 23.2 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 57.9 69% 57.9 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 76%

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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 $15	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