MSI Z77A-G45 (MS-7752)

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 77.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	22.6% 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	184% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130929
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '18 at 22:42
Run Duration	217 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1230 V2-$266 8,235 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Memory 93.1 1-Core 99.4 2-Core 183 74% 125 Pts	4-Core 334 8-Core 491 51% 412 Pts	64-Core 492 30% 492 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% MSI(1462 2871) 2GB CLim: 1254 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	22.6% Poor	Lighting 26.8 Reflection 24.7 Parallax 32.4 22% 27.9 fps	MRender 33.3 Gravity 30.8 Splatting 25.9 24% 30 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 22.6% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 173GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	184% Outstanding	Read 1,942 Write 1,025 Mixed 1,131 301% 1,366 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 62 4K Mixed 31.1 120% 41.4 MB/s	DQ Read 215 DQ Write 125 DQ Mixed 80.1 84% 140 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 184% Great: 236%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 535GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 171 6325 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1292 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13400 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1283 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 106 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 185 185 46951 (C2) HDA temperature 129 117 21 (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	61.9% Good	Read 115 Write 101 Mixed 110 82% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.18 84% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 84%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 137GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 167 165 6608 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2165 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 29297 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2152 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 61 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2165 (C2) HDA temperature 128 112 22 (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	36.9% Below average	Read 70.7 Write 57.6 Mixed 51.6 45% 60 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.31 79% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 57%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 87GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 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 177 174 6116 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 741 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5611 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 734 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 58 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9991 (C2) HDA temperature 130 118 20 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	44.8% Average	Read 75.4 Write 80.5 Mixed 79.9 59% 78.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.15 74% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 83%
WD WD1600BEVS-22UST0 160GB 6,043 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 4GB free Firmware: 04.01G04 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 187 186 1633 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2584 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11544 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2364 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 497 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 176 176 72043 (C2) HDA temperature 129 92 18 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	14.4% Very poor	Read 24.9 Write 24.8 Mixed 25.2 19% 25 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.24 77% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 14.4% Great: 34%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C11D3/4GX KHX1866C9D3/4GX KHX2400C11D3/4GX KHX1866C9D3/4GX 16GB 38 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1867, 1867, 1867, 1867 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	65.6% Good	MC Read 24.2 MC Write 23.7 MC Mixed 21.8 66% 23.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 18.1 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 115%

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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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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