MSI Z77A-GD65 (MS-7751)

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	113% 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	57.4% 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.

System	MSI MS-7751
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-GD65 (MS-7751) (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20131009
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 28 '17 at 10:03
Run Duration	392 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770K-$175 165,979 User benchmarks, average bench 72% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 96.7 1-Core 114 2-Core 223 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 558 59% 472 Pts	64-Core 559 35% 559 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 36FE) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2650 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Lighting 150 Reflection 159 Parallax 140 122% 150 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 145 Splatting 117 103% 127 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Series 500GB 7,390 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 94GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT0 Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	Read 351 Write 287 Mixed 256 66% 298 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 45 4K Mixed 9.67 70% 25.6 MB/s	DQ Read 167 DQ Write 91.2 DQ Mixed 17.8 43% 92.1 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 89%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 99782408 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 151 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 13809985630 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 29714 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 135 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 90 90 10 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 74 74 26 (BE) vendor-specific 71 58 588316701 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 72 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 68 68 65509 (C2) HDA temperature 29 42 42949672989 (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 46097884016589 (F1) Unknown 100 253 -100433167044908 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -43670418966781	101% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 162 Mixed 169 131% 174 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.38 103% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 881GB free Firmware: CC4C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 222311608 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 738 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 59919002 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 24169 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 579 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 131074 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 62 571539483 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 404 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 10023 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 60129542171 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -102168682013872 (F1) Unknown 100 253 53861361509173 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -131325232481459	86.9% Excellent	Read 165 Write 138 Mixed 133 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.38 91% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 114%
Seagate ST3000DM001-9YN166 2TB 804 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 267GB free Firmware: CC4C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 86 97624568 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1027 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 83421251 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 25572 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1019 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 1764 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032834 (BD) vendor-specific 94 94 6 (BE) vendor-specific 72 57 571539484 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 796 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 19708 (C2) HDA temperature 28 43 60129542172 (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 127229816234015 (F1) Unknown 100 253 134367288854938 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -85317923660073	87.3% Excellent	Read 141 Write 164 Mixed 139 111% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.3 79% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 104%
ST320082 7AS 200GB 186GB free, PID 8561 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	26.9% Poor	Read 63.5 Write 61.6 Mixed 15.2 55% 46.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.38 60% 0.78 MB/s

SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$8 33,725 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 24GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	16.9% Very poor	Read 32.9 Write 18.5 Mixed 23.1 30% 24.8 MB/s	4K Read 4.23 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.21 135% 2.58 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 16.9% Great: 38%
ST315003 41AS 1.5TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 12GB free, PID 8561 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
Poor: 30% Great: 30%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2400C10 Series 2x8GB 252 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	82% Excellent	MC Read 31 MC Write 30.3 MC Mixed 26.7 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 22.2 61% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 51.5 78% 51.5 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 89%

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Gaming 59%

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Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 49%

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Motherboard: MSI Z77A-GD65 (MS-7751) - $250

CPU
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	240x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	160x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	76x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	53x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	41x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	29x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	24x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	19x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	19x

RAM
CT102464BD160B.C16 2x8GBCrucialBench 53%, 4,052 samples	16x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	15x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	14x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $657

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