MSI Z77A-G45 (MS-7752)

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


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 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	128% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	81% 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 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	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, 3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121024
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	May 24 '18 at 21:27
Run Duration	264 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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 i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 94.2 1-Core 111 2-Core 218 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 562 60% 480 Pts	64-Core 562 35% 562 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 83%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 3000 (Desktop V2 1.35 GHz)-$15 6,831 User benchmarks, average bench 2% MSI(1462 2111) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	2.35% Terrible	Lighting 2.57 Reflection 3.92 Parallax 1.72 2% 2.74 fps	MRender 3.86 Gravity 1.4 Splatting 4.74 3% 3.33 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.35% Great: 2%
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 360A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2866 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	128% Outstanding	Lighting 174 Reflection 206 Parallax 203 142% 194 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 188 Splatting 131 121% 150 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: U21010RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 147 100 1939 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1157 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3213 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3265 (A9) Unknown 100 100 22 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3225 (AE) Unknown 100 100 402 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 100 240518168615 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 8 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 108 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 310661 (F1) Unknown 253 253 27441 (F2) Unknown 253 253 13246	81% Excellent	Read 516 Write 418 Mixed 460 104% 465 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 73.4 4K Mixed 5.82 91% 36.2 MB/s	DQ Read 198 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 32.9 77% 158 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 78%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 176GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 163 160 6850 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 15581 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 52 52 35727 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1322 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 159 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 15493 (C2) HDA temperature 108 80 42 (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	34.8% Below average	Read 66.5 Write 54.4 Mixed 67.8 48% 62.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.32 86% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 51%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 56GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 159 153 7008 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 15495 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 29690 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1318 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 404 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 15445 (C2) HDA temperature 111 82 39 (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 45 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	43.6% Average	Read 78.9 Write 72.9 Mixed 71.4 56% 74.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.28 77% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 51%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 46GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 197 500 (03) Spinup time 106 99 7666 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7609 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11181 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1005 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 437 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 173 173 82387 (C2) HDA temperature 104 90 43 (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 1	37.5% Below average	Read 68.9 Write 61.7 Mixed 59.7 48% 63.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.34 81% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 57%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 28GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 139 135 4008 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8292 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 53 53 34816 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 398 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 242 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8113 (C2) HDA temperature 103 86 40 (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	50% Average	Read 85.8 Write 88.1 Mixed 93.3 67% 89.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.42 106% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 69%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 27GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 199 199 27259 (03) Spinup time 114 106 7283 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13964 (05) Reallocated sector count 197 197 24 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 51 51 36309 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1025 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 465 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 169 169 94033 (C2) HDA temperature 107 84 40 (C4) Reallocation count 179 179 21 (C5) Current pending sector count 194 193 982 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 194 193 982 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 197 193 630	29.5% Poor	Read 54.3 Write 48 Mixed 47.7 38% 50 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.14 70% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 29.5% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL9 Series 2x8GB 7,092 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 20.4 MC Mixed 18.1 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 17.4 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 59.3 68% 59.3 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 63%

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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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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