MSI Z77A-GD80 (MS-7757)

Performance Results

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


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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	51.1% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7757
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-GD80 (MS-7757) (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130929
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 10 '18 at 01:51
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	39%

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 i7-3770K-$175 165,979 User benchmarks, average bench 72% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	68.1% Good	Memory 89.9 1-Core 88.9 2-Core 150 67% 109 Pts	4-Core 251 8-Core 459 42% 355 Pts	64-Core 476 30% 476 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 64GB-$92 7,336 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0309 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 80 92 77 83 92 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	51.1% Above average	Read 419 Write 108 Mixed 146 SusWrite 87.4 42% 190 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 60.3 4K Mixed 14.6 82% 31.8 MB/s	DQ Read 137 DQ Write 89.6 DQ Mixed 41.9 50% 89.6 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 65%
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB (2017)-$135 28,136 User benchmarks, average bench 121% 145GB free Firmware: B35500WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 255 222 217 215 216 216 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 795 Write 659 Mixed 450 SusWrite 223 118% 532 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 73.3 4K Mixed 38.9 132% 46.9 MB/s	DQ Read 604 DQ Write 492 DQ Mixed 375 328% 490 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 144%
Samsung HD161GJ 160GB-$25 14,710 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 147GB free Firmware: 1AC01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 110 110 111 110 110 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	63% Good	Read 109 Write 74.8 Mixed 58 SusWrite 110 65% 88 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 183% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 62%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 319GB 950 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 244GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 94 94 95 94 95 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	54.3% Above average	Read 94.7 Write 96 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 94.4 64% 86.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 153% 1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 62%
USB DISK 2.0 8GB 666 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID 4200 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 17.2 Mixed 5 10% 11.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 16% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 3% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 19.9 MC Mixed 17.8 55% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 15.8 SC Mixed 15.1 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 63%

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Typical Z77A-GD80 (MS-7757) Builds (Compare 53 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 62%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 48%

Yacht

Motherboard: MSI Z77A-GD80 (MS-7757)

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	18x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	18x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	13x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	10x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	5x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	5x

SSD
Pro 6000p NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBIntel $65Bench 104%, 11,104 samples	5x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	5x
SK-2520 U3.1 500GBAkitioBench 74%, 4 samples	3x

RAM
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 54%, 7,771 samples	7x
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 53%, 17,809 samples	5x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 51%, 21,220 samples	3x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $525

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