MSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758)

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 68.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	23.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	44.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7758
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758) (all builds)
Memory	26.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140307
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 16 '17 at 00:02
Run Duration	280 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	36%

PC Performing below expectations (35^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	68.6% Good	Memory 81.8 1-Core 95.6 2-Core 173 68% 117 Pts	4-Core 301 8-Core 427 46% 364 Pts	64-Core 486 30% 486 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 560-$500 60,738 User benchmarks, average bench 22% Sapphire(1DA2 E348) ≥ 4GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	23.9% Poor	Lighting 28.8 Reflection 30.5 Parallax 37.6 23% 32.3 fps	MRender 28.9 Gravity 28.5 Splatting 32.7 25% 30 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 23.9% Great: 25%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 64GB 1,117 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2306RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 6784 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1016 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 20 (A8) Unknown 100 100 159 (A9) Unknown 100 100 85 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 65 (AE) Unknown 100 100 80 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 42 180389478431 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 528 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4248 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2312 (F2) Unknown 253 253 3309 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	44.5% Average	Read 265 Write 144 Mixed 181 44% 197 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 45.4 4K Mixed 12 73% 26.5 MB/s	DQ Read 24.3 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 39.9 44% 70.8 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 81%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 187GB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 221780744 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4560 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 29589824 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10002 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1450 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 60 73552691232 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 445 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 78 78 45556 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 -140737488355296 (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 -94858647695137 (F1) Unknown 100 253 15412038957 (F2) Unknown 100 253 17230040987	64.4% Good	Read 109 Write 115 Mixed 146 94% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 0.95 4K Mixed 0.22 82% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 23GB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 84 75 156859354 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2001 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 12984587574 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8595 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1037 (B7) Unknown 97 97 3 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 28554 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4 (BD) vendor-specific 83 83 17 (BE) vendor-specific 70 59 52044365854 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 229 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 61 61 79594 (C2) HDA temperature 30 41 -140737488355298 (C5) Current pending sector count 99 99 296 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 99 99 296 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -85933705652595 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14734486878 (F2) Unknown 100 253 14892012706	63.7% Good	Read 120 Write 102 Mixed 98.1 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 0.87 4K Mixed 0.22 75% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 113%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 32GB 34,316 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 29GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	13.5% Very poor	Read 38.5 Write 7.58 Mixed 10.8 18% 19 MB/s	4K Read 5.38 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 1.31 120% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 13.5% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata MI64C1D1629Z1 4x8GB 327 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.2% Above average	MC Read 19.1 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 16.2 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 15.9 SC Mixed 15.4 43% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 77.3 52% 77.3 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 59%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

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Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758)

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	479x
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 $46Bench 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 $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