MSI Z77A-G45 (MS-7752)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	64.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	MSI MS-7752
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-G45 (MS-7752) (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130929
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '18 at 20:13
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570K-$136 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Memory 94.4 1-Core 111 2-Core 223 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 444 60% 447 Pts	64-Core 444 28% 444 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 79%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3FD6SD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7785 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 567 (64) Unknown 100 100 5161952 (65) Unknown 100 100 1827072 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 24 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 95 95 1581 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1327 (B7) Unknown 96 96 43 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 26 100 171799871514 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 91 91 9 (E9) Unknown 100 100 9367 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2820 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6402 (F2) Unknown 100 100 16868 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	64.6% Good	Read 454 Write 249 Mixed 93.4 58% 266 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 34.5 4K Mixed 11.2 74% 24.4 MB/s	DQ Read 294 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 22.8 70% 156 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 88%
WD Blue 1TB (2015)-$40 52,322 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 76GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 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 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 136 135 4158 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 596 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7778 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 578 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 13 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 173 173 82882 (C2) HDA temperature 118 104 25 (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	52.1% Above average	Read 102 Write 79.7 Mixed 66.1 62% 82.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.2 76% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 87%
Hitachi HDS721032CLA362 320GB-$150 10,092 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 45GB free Firmware: JPFOA39C Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 126 126 132 (03) Spinup time 117 117 12897681603 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3077 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 134 134 33 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 35671 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3061 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3490 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3490 (C2) HDA temperature 222 222 214749478939 (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	38.5% Below average	Read 75.8 Write 58.4 Mixed 11.2 35% 48.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.05 4K Mixed 0.33 72% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 50%
Toshiba E300 3TB-$116 1,216 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 28GB free Firmware: MZ6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 144 144 83 (03) Spinup time 135 135 34386411926 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 232 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 138 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3041 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 231 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 305 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 305 (C2) HDA temperature 230 230 163210002458 (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	62.8% Good	Read 111 Write 108 Mixed 3.78 53% 74.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.15 57% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GB-$35 38,490 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	66.9% Good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 24.5 MC Mixed 20.7 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 18.8 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 58.9 68% 58.9 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 67%

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 77%

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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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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 $15	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