MSI Z77A-G45 Thunderbolt (MS-7752)

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	56.7% 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.

System	MSI MS-7752
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-G45 Thunderbolt (MS-7752) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130929
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 20 '17 at 00:27
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 4.2 GHz, turbo 5.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 117 2-Core 234 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 462 60% 455 Pts	64-Core 461 28% 461 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-$199 18,014 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Sapphire(174B E331) CLim: 1020 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.5.1 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Lighting 79.1 Reflection 56.9 Parallax 105 64% 80.3 fps	MRender 56.9 Gravity 76.9 Splatting 72.9 57% 68.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 90 90 16153828 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 -17463337001482 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4701 (AB) Unknown 0 0 1 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 154 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 1 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 16153828 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 16153828 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 16153828 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 18879 (EA) Unknown 0 0 19238 (F1) Unknown 0 0 19238 (F2) Unknown 0 0 21154	56.7% Above average	Read 267 Write 110 Mixed 171 40% 183 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 77.1 4K Mixed 19 111% 42.1 MB/s	DQ Read 171 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 40.2 61% 117 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 82%
WD Blue 6TB (2015)-$215 8,416 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 197 197 9108 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 23 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 22 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 16 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 74 (C2) HDA temperature 119 113 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	98.1% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 171 Mixed 151 123% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 2.79 4K Mixed 0.23 118% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 97%
WD Blue 6TB (2015)-$215 8,416 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 197 197 9108 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 21 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 19 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 18 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 9 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 82 (C2) HDA temperature 120 114 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	87.1% Excellent	Read 153 Write 151 Mixed 144 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 2.88 4K Mixed 0.29 120% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608ET3LX0. 2x8GB 3,774 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	62.2% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 20.3 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 19.2 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 65%

Take a copy of your results How to check your in-game FPS

System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical Z77A-G45 Thunderbolt (MS-7752) Builds (Compare 88 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 25%

Raft

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 21%

Surfboard

Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G45 Thunderbolt (MS-7752)

CPU
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	21x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	18x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	13x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	10x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	6x
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	5x

SSD
Blue SA510 2.5 1000GBWDBench 90%, 3,795 samples	7x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	5x
860 QVO 1TBSamsung $109Bench 89%, 201,200 samples	5x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	5x
RipjawsZ DDR3 2133 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 73%, 3,160 samples	5x
K66GKY-ETF Micron 16JTF51264AZ-1G4M1 K66GKY-ETF Samsung M378B5273CH0-CH9 24GBKingstonBench 46%, 5 samples	4x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $234

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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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