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 above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	44.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7752
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-G45 (MS-7752) (all builds)
Memory	6.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130929
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '18 at 06:23
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 4.2 GHz, turbo 5.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 116 2-Core 235 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 470 63% 470 Pts	64-Core 468 29% 468 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-Ti-$362 42,960 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Nvidia(10DE 1000) 3GB CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 390.77 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 23% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 100 240GB-$95 9,561 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 151GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM11.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 15928 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 358 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 197 197 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 130 (C2) HDA temperature 67 56 188979740705	44.2% Average	Read 483 Write 19.2 Mixed 192 50% 231 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 46.2 4K Mixed 7.03 75% 27 MB/s	DQ Read 29.2 DQ Write 87 DQ Mixed 6.21 20% 40.8 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 83%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 458GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 178 3866 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8744 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 32678 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1241 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 298 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8445 (C2) HDA temperature 117 104 30 (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 2	64.3% Good	Read 113 Write 110 Mixed 112 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1.06 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.5 143% 1.29 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 76%
Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 1TB 3,701 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 80GB free, PID 5031 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	24.7% Poor	Read 63.5 Write 65.5 Mixed 51.4 77% 60.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 0.36 4K Mixed 0.07 16% 0.27 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 24.7% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-559.A00LF 1x8GB 1,269 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	29.8% Poor	MC Read 9.6 MC Write 9.5 MC Mixed 8.6 26% 9.23 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 9.9 SC Mixed 8.8 27% 9.37 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 33%

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Typical Z77A-G45 (MS-7752) Builds (Compare 1,230 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

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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Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $332

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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