MSI Z77A-G45 (MS-7752)

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	63.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	87.6% 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.

System	MSI MS-7752
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-G45 (MS-7752) (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130228
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 31 '17 at 20:52
Run Duration	219 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770K-$175 165,979 User benchmarks, average bench 72% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	Memory 92 1-Core 97.4 2-Core 182 73% 124 Pts	4-Core 317 8-Core 484 50% 401 Pts	64-Core 481 30% 481 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6264) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.2% Good	Lighting 78.9 Reflection 80.3 Parallax 69.9 64% 76.4 fps	MRender 71.4 Gravity 75.1 Splatting 76.4 61% 74.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS2211 480GB-$70 2,197 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS221016 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2552 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 444 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 888 (AD) Unknown 100 100 983108 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850919454 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4526	87.6% Excellent	Read 522 Write 506 Mixed 440 109% 489 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 58.4 4K Mixed 14.4 85% 32.2 MB/s	DQ Read 256 DQ Write 237 DQ Mixed 64.7 98% 186 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 113%
Corsair Force 3 120GB-$109 22,358 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 26GB free Firmware: 5.02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3080356 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 117432995819121 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2060 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 24 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 128 129 545469300864 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3080356 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3080356 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3080356 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 8136 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6454 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6454 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6868	42.9% Average	Read 192 Write 115 Mixed 118 31% 142 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 51.1 4K Mixed 13.5 77% 28.7 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 33 50% 95.6 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 61%
Hitachi HDS724040ALE640 4TB-$465 6,270 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2TB free Firmware: MJAOA580 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 80 (03) Spinup time 130 130 47283569236 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1263 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 119 119 35 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1988 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 403 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1263 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1263 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 210454249506 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	70.1% Very good	Read 118 Write 126 Mixed 137 96% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.23 90% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 91%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 39GB free Firmware: GM4OA5CA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 138 (03) Spinup time 119 119 25790906691 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4579 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 131 131 29 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 17243 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3406 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 4897 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 4897 (C2) HDA temperature 240 240 227633791001 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 13	33.9% Below average	Read 57.1 Write 60.6 Mixed 61 45% 59.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.37 98% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 51%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$128 11,448 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 29GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 188 188 14332 (03) Spinup time 172 166 4400 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4623 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13582 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2726 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 46 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4576 (C2) HDA temperature 122 95 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 194 194 1106 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 199 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 152 1 9720	44.6% Average	Read 68 Write 87 Mixed 69.9 56% 75 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.4 104% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609ES2LX0. 2x8GB 2,705 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.9% Below average	MC Read 10.8 MC Write 10.3 MC Mixed 9.4 29% 10.2 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 11.7 SC Mixed 10.7 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 64%

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

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Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G45 (MS-7752)

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	526x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	224x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	165x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	102x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	97x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	62x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	42x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	40x
840 120GBSamsung $109Bench 61%, 51,792 samples	38x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	29x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	28x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	27x

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Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $332

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