MSI Z77A-G41 (MS-7758)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	9.08% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	The 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.
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-7758
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-G41 (MS-7758) (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121024
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 06 '17 at 20:39
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (60^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 way above expectations (88^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 107 2-Core 193 74% 128 Pts	4-Core 346 8-Core 520 54% 433 Pts	64-Core 518 32% 518 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-$112 69,673 User benchmarks, average bench 8% EVGA(3842 2650) 1GB CLim: 1058 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	9.08% Terrible	Lighting 10.2 Reflection 9.42 Parallax 11.7 8% 10.4 fps	MRender 13.6 Gravity 12.2 Splatting 13.1 11% 13 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 9.08% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 745GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 167 2341 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 680 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 991 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 680 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 671 (C2) HDA temperature 116 112 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (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	102% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 168 Mixed 159 129% 171 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.28 4K Mixed 0.33 128% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 651GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 234887656 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3930 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 1860820 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3948 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1487 (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 74 51 103533445146 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 63 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 15370 (C2) HDA temperature 26 49 -140737488355302 (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 77438260347533 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1096289549 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1691295679	76.3% Very good	Read 132 Write 134 Mixed 134 100% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.25 69% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 112%
Generic- USB3.0 CRW-SD 32GB 109 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 6GB free, PID 0301 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	6.91% Terrible	Read 22.5 Write 13.9 Mixed 12.9 19% 16.4 MB/s	4K Read 2.47 4K Write 0.009 4K Mixed 0.008 10% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 6.91% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL9-9-9 DDR3-1333 4x4GB 351 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	50.2% Above average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 15.3 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 17.7 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 72.1 56% 72.1 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 56%

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Gaming 36%

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Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G41 (MS-7758) - $232

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	194x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	119x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	101x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	63x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	46x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	36x

SSD
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	25x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	19x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	19x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	17x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	14x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	10x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $606

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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