MSI Z77A-GD65 (MS-7751)

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	93.6% 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 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-7751
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-GD65 (MS-7751) (all builds)
Memory	14.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20131009
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 07 '18 at 21:12
Run Duration	84 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (92^nd 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 4.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 126 2-Core 250 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 501 8-Core 500 67% 501 Pts	64-Core 504 31% 504 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 79%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
GOODRAM 240GB 8,481 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 184GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM22.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2700 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2090 (A8) Unknown 100 100 4 (AA) Unknown 100 100 612 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1572904 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 537 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 4 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5201	93.6% Outstanding	Read 522 Write 453 Mixed 342 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 95.2 4K Mixed 13.5 114% 46.4 MB/s	DQ Read 258 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 55.2 106% 209 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 102%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 755GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 82 82 6190 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5313 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 38212 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3977 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 458 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 81 60 320012307 (C2) HDA temperature 80 56 336789524 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1907611 (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 100 100 3011 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	62.2% Good	Read 106 Write 111 Mixed 31.1 60% 82.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.36 85% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x4GB 5,522 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	87% Excellent	MC Read 31.5 MC Write 33.3 MC Mixed 28.6 89% 31.1 GB/s	SC Read 23.8 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 24.3 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 52.1 77% 52.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 91%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 49%

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Motherboard: MSI Z77A-GD65 (MS-7751) - $250

CPU
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	240x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	160x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	76x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	54x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	41x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	29x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	24x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	19x
MX500 1TBCrucial $74Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	19x

RAM
CT102464BD160B.C16 2x8GBCrucialBench 53%, 4,052 samples	16x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	15x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	14x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $657

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16