MSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758)

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	88.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7758
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758) (all builds)
Memory	14.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121024
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 28 '17 at 19:26
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770-$297 278,207 User benchmarks, average bench 69% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Memory 96.1 1-Core 116 2-Core 232 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 575 63% 500 Pts	64-Core 570 35% 570 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 3670) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1645 MHz, MLim: 1977 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.6% Good	Lighting 80 Reflection 75.8 Parallax 72 65% 75.9 fps	MRender 82.4 Gravity 74.2 Splatting 67.9 60% 74.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 182GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 699 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 760 (B1) Unknown 99 99 12 (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 71 56 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 83 (F1) Unknown 99 99 16887203108	88.8% Excellent	Read 517 Write 404 Mixed 409 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 61.5 4K Mixed 33.5 124% 42.2 MB/s	DQ Read 35.7 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 19.5 45% 88.3 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 124%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$90 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 298GB free Firmware: 03.03E03 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 20 (03) Spinup time 136 135 4158 (04) Start/Stop count 55 55 45371 (05) Reallocated sector count 199 199 6 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 25351 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 55 55 45224 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 81 45 (BC) Unknown 100 96 4295032850 (BE) vendor-specific 73 51 27 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 227 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 185 185 45371 (C4) Reallocation count 199 199 1 (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	55.6% Above average	Read 98 Write 95.6 Mixed 98.3 73% 97.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.37 102% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 58%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2011)-$75 18,569 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 188GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 176 1941 (04) Start/Stop count 52 52 48956 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 8794 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6850 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 185 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 232 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 158 158 128370 (C2) HDA temperature 126 83 21 (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	38.4% Below average	Read 61.7 Write 72 Mixed 75.8 53% 69.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.21 76% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 63%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 153GB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 102877208 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2229 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 361210237 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 16947 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2029 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 21476016147 (BD) vendor-specific 88 88 12 (BE) vendor-specific 74 45 454230042 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 342 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 35308 (C2) HDA temperature 26 55 51539607578 (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 -64467459096441 (F1) Unknown 100 253 -120695049303180 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -127993976217347	75.2% Very good	Read 143 Write 119 Mixed 113 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.3 94% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 112%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 133GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 169 2416 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 387 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 216 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 346 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 101 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 285 (C2) HDA temperature 117 108 26 (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	55.6% Above average	Read 93.6 Write 100 Mixed 103 75% 98.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 2.33 4K Mixed 0.22 91% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 20,216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	MC Read 30.9 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 24.9 81% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 23.2 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 53.6 75% 53.6 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 86%

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758)

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	478x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	344x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	248x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	141x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	135x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	124x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	60x
MX500 500GBCrucial $54Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	55x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	54x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	48x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	42x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 53%, 47,852 samples	35x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $280

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