MSI Z77A-G41 (MS-7758)

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	63.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	54% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 8 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-7758
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-G41 (MS-7758) (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120619
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 02 '18 at 18:36
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	MLT-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	75% Very good	Memory 86.6 1-Core 104 2-Core 205 76% 132 Pts	4-Core 342 8-Core 491 52% 417 Pts	64-Core 514 32% 514 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Nvidia(10DE 1C03) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Lighting 79.4 Reflection 83.6 Parallax 72.2 65% 78.4 fps	MRender 72.5 Gravity 73 Splatting 75.8 61% 73.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 104GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AA Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 6822580 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 82867099013869 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 878 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 164 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 47 68722556958 (C2) HDA temperature 30 47 68722556958 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 6822580 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 6822580 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 6822580 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 12849 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8644 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8644 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8757 (F4) Unknown 99 99 5636134	54% Above average	Read 266 Write 156 Mixed 184 45% 202 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 62.1 4K Mixed 17.3 92% 34.7 MB/s	DQ Read 154 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 50.8 65% 116 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 3TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2659048 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 1968 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 0 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 72 471203868 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 3 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 64424509468 (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 -120877559578624 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2470967 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1796300	99.5% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 151 Mixed 157 126% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.24 94% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 113%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$497 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 931GB free Firmware: ST6O Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 137 137 38684000646 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1929 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 18 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 125 125 33 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 25103 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1744 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1930 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1930 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 219044511779 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 18 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	60% Above average	Read 108 Write 101 Mixed 104 79% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.41 108% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 43,127 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	57.2% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 20.4 MC Mixed 18.8 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 17.6 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 70.8 56% 70.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 63%

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Gaming 36%

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Desktop 76%

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Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G41 (MS-7758) - $232

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	194x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	119x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	101x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	63x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	46x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	36x

SSD
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	25x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	19x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	19x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	17x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	14x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	10x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $606

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