MSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	7.1% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	10GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 10GB 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 9 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-G43 (MS-7758) (all builds)
Memory	7.9 GB free of 10 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140307
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Apr 14 '16 at 03:48
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	9%

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 i5-2500 82,538 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	72.4% Very good	Memory 83 1-Core 96.9 2-Core 190 71% 123 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 357 48% 357 Pts	64-Core 360 22% 360 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 3870 554 User benchmarks, average bench 6% AMD(1002 2542) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.1100 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.1% Terrible	Lighting 8.43 Reflection 12.6 Parallax 2.41 7% 7.81 fps	MRender 7.43 Gravity 3.53 Splatting 14.5 8% 8.48 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.1% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 302GB free (System drive) Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 60 (03) Spinup time 140 138 3975 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2199 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15849 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2194 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 194 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2004 (C2) HDA temperature 117 94 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 156 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	42.1% Average	Read 73.3 Write 73.3 Mixed 19 40% 55.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.46 95% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 69%
Maxtor STM3250824AS 250GB 105 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 2GB free Firmware: 3.AAJ Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 84 177421423 (03) Spinup time 90 88 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3959 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 60602531745 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9573 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3946 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 42 487456797 (C2) HDA temperature 29 58 51539607581 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 54 48 62383107 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 193 3177 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	16.6% Very poor	Read 33.4 Write 24.1 Mixed 22.2 20% 26.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 0.88 4K Mixed 0.36 80% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 16.6% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-001.A01LF 9905403-001.A01LF 029E CMV4GX3M1A1333C9 9905458-026.A00LF 10GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 1067, 1067, 1067, 1067 MHz 1024, 1024, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	29.7% Poor	MC Read 9.5 MC Write 9.9 MC Mixed 8.8 27% 9.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 9.9 SC Mixed 9.3 27% 9.43 GB/s	Latency 75.2 53% 75.2 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 29.7% Great: 40%

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758)

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	479x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	344x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	248x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	141x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	135x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	124x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	60x
MX500 500GBCrucial $46Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	55x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	54x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	48x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	42x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 53%, 47,852 samples	35x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $280

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