MSI Z77A-GD65 (MS-7751)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 49%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 40%
Jet ski
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics62.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMSI MS-7751
MotherboardMSI Z77A-GD65 (MS-7751)  (all builds)
Memory12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20131009
Uptime0.6 Days
Run DateAug 13 '17 at 08:01
Run Duration86 Seconds
Run User DNK-User
Background CPU 21%

 PC Performing above expectations (76th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-3770K-$175
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
79.1% Very good
Memory 87.1
1-Core 108
2-Core 186
74% 127 Pts
4-Core 388
8-Core 532
58% 460 Pts
64-Core 540
33% 540 Pts
Poor: 59%
This bench: 79.1%
Great: 83%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200
Gigabyte(1458 3670) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1634 MHz, MLim: 1927 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 384.94
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
62.7% Good
Lighting 79.8
Reflection 78.5
Parallax 70.7
65% 76.3 fps
MRender 81.6
Gravity 73.3
Splatting 62.8
58% 72.6 fps
Poor: 43%
This bench: 62.7%
Great: 54%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33
461GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (37th percentile)
85.6% Excellent
Read 158
Write 141
Mixed 143
111% 147 MB/s
4K Read 0.73
4K Write 1.75
4K Mixed 0.14
79% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 85.6%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1333 C9 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
50.9% Above average
MC Read 18.3
MC Write 17.4
MC Mixed 15.7
49% 17.1 GB/s
SC Read 15.3
SC Write 18.2
SC Mixed 16.8
48% 16.8 GB/s
Latency 70.4
57% 70.4 ns
Poor: 27%
This bench: 50.9%
Great: 53%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z77A-GD65 (MS-7751) Builds (Compare 610 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 59%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 49%
Yacht

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 85% - Excellent Total price: $657
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