MSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 102%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 79%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 81%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics127% 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 DriveThe 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMSI MS-7758
MotherboardMSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758)  (all builds)
Memory13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.8 GHz
Display2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140307
Uptime0 Days
Run DateOct 17 '18 at 04:18
Run Duration143 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU8%

 PC Performing as expected (59th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-3570K-$136
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
81% Excellent
Memory 92.2
1-Core 112
2-Core 223
81% 142 Pts
4-Core 401
8-Core 421
54% 411 Pts
64-Core 421
26% 421 Pts
Poor: 54%
This bench: 81%
Great: 79%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.34
Performing below potential (72nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
127% Outstanding
Lighting 174
Reflection 200
Parallax 200
142% 191 fps
MRender 128
Gravity 182
Splatting 130
119% 146 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 127%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37
56GB free
Firmware: 60AABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 107 102 91 113 122 MB/s
Performing as expected (53rd percentile)
54.2% Above average
Read 220
Write 148
Mixed 174
SusWrite 107
36% 162 MB/s
4K Read 27.4
4K Write 52.5
4K Mixed 29.5
107% 36.5 MB/s
DQ Read 110
DQ Write 151
DQ Mixed 109
88% 123 MB/s
Poor: 30%
This bench: 54.2%
Great: 73%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249
175GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MN6OA800
SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 92 77 96 93 99 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
35.6% Below average
Read 35.2
Write 95
Mixed 38.8
SusWrite 88.7
47% 64.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.4
93% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 35.6%
Great: 85%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79
1TB free
Firmware: CC41
SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 196 195 195 194 191 MB/s
Performing below expectations (27th percentile)
74.1% Very good
Read 63.5
Write 193
Mixed 31
SusWrite 194
87% 120 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 5
4K Mixed 2.2
391% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 74.1%
Great: 110%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1333 C9 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1800 MHz
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
65.3% Good
MC Read 23.6
MC Write 24.5
MC Mixed 20.3
65% 22.8 GB/s
SC Read 18.8
SC Write 19.2
SC Mixed 19.8
55% 19.3 GB/s
Latency 63.7
63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 27%
This bench: 65.3%
Great: 53%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical Z77A-G43 (MS-7758) Builds (Compare 1,869 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 41%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 32%
Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758)

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 89% - Excellent Total price: $280
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