MSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758)

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 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 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	21.7% 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	83.4% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7758
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758) (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120831
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Dec 24 '17 at 13:01
Run Duration	255 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770K-$175 165,979 User benchmarks, average bench 72% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 89.4 1-Core 108 2-Core 216 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 546 62% 484 Pts	64-Core 531 33% 531 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Asus(1043 8422) 2GB CLim: 1241 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	21.7% Poor	Lighting 25.3 Reflection 24.2 Parallax 32 21% 27.2 fps	MRender 33.9 Gravity 29.9 Splatting 25.7 24% 29.8 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.7% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 5 0 5 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6052 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 509 (E8) Unknown 100 100 26105429447 (E9) Unknown 97 0 97	83.4% Excellent	Read 384 Write 358 Mixed 399 85% 380 MB/s	4K Read 19.2 4K Write 93.5 4K Mixed 29.6 116% 47.4 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 202 DQ Mixed 99.9 112% 192 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 104%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 49,966 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 228GB free Firmware: 9300 Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	17.2% Very poor	Read 32.8 Write 26.5 Mixed 26.3 22% 28.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.39 106% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 17.2% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 78GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 138587472 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1986 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 4369234281 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6726 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 520 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 66 59 638976034 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 32 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 80 80 41743 (C2) HDA temperature 34 41 42949672994 (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 26890790244137 (F1) Unknown 100 253 15460410826 (F2) Unknown 100 253 57655331277	54.4% Above average	Read 97.2 Write 92.5 Mixed 97 72% 95.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.93 4K Mixed 0.19 60% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 114%
Seagate BUP Slim BL 2TB 5,029 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 48GB free Firmware: 0302 Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	16.9% Very poor	Read 31 Write 27.3 Mixed 28.8 22% 29 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.21 74% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 16.9% Great: 66%
Seagate Portable 1.5TB 240 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 66GB free, PID 2332 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	10.4% Very poor	Read 29.2 Write 22.9 Mixed 26.5 33% 26.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 0.34 4K Mixed 0.19 20% 0.32 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 10.4% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	57.2% Above average	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 20 MC Mixed 17.4 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 17.7 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 67.9 59% 67.9 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 97%

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 76%

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Workstation 32%

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Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758)

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	478x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	343x
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 $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 $184	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) $35	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