MSI Z77 MPower (MS-7751)

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	99.4% 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	42.8% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7751
Motherboard	MSI Z77 MPower (MS-7751) (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131030
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Apr 20 '17 at 03:53
Run Duration	237 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing as expected (50^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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	Memory 74.8 1-Core 105 2-Core 209 72% 129 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 352 50% 369 Pts	64-Core 388 24% 388 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 1426) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.4% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 147 Parallax 124 102% 132 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 134 Splatting 107 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 181GB free Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	220% Outstanding	Read 2,370 Write 1,020 Mixed 1,249 339% 1,546 MB/s	4K Read 51 4K Write 97.1 4K Mixed 41.1 181% 63.1 MB/s	DQ Read 228 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 80.6 90% 153 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 220% Great: 236%
Samsung 840 250GB 2,100 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT0AB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 23845 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1787 (B1) Unknown 79 79 212 (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 61 50 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 50 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5126853183	42.8% Average	Read 299 Write 43.4 Mixed 79.1 30% 140 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 52.5 4K Mixed 9.85 79% 29.4 MB/s	DQ Read 194 DQ Write 58.6 DQ Mixed 10.8 38% 87.7 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 102%
Seagate Expansion Desk 3TB 13,194 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1TB free Firmware: 9401 Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Read 148 Write 138 Mixed 119 101% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.13 60% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 103%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 172 2333 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 395 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5801 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 384 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 12 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9101 (C2) HDA temperature 109 100 34 (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	91.1% Outstanding	Read 156 Write 161 Mixed 146 116% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.33 106% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 10,124 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 16.1 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 15.6 SC Mixed 14.7 41% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 90.8 44% 90.8 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 62%

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Typical Z77 MPower (MS-7751) Builds (Compare 558 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 40%

Jet ski

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI Z77 MPower (MS-7751) - $444

CPU
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	228x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	136x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	94x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	64x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	43x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	41x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	23x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	20x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	18x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	12x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	11x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	10x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $898

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $45	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16