MSI Z77A-G43 GAMING (MS-7758)

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	36.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	69.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7758
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-G43 GAMING (MS-7758) (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131031
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 25 '16 at 09:15
Run Duration	482 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 5.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 93.7 1-Core 117 2-Core 232 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 426 56% 423 Pts	64-Core 424 26% 424 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% PowerColor(148C 3001) 3GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.300.1025.1001 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	36.4% Below average	Lighting 46.8 Reflection 32.3 Parallax 62.4 38% 47.2 fps	MRender 30.9 Gravity 48.2 Splatting 41.1 33% 40.1 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 240GB-$74 29,295 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 171GB free (System drive) Firmware: O0730A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 369 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 495 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 191 (A3) Unknown 100 100 29 (94) Unknown 100 100 106397 (95) Unknown 100 100 1036 (96) Unknown 100 100 883 (97) Unknown 100 100 1023 (A4) Unknown 100 100 43063 (A5) Unknown 100 100 78 (A6) Unknown 100 100 5 (A7) Unknown 100 100 21 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 0 0 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 16 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 64 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0	69.7% Good	Read 491 Write 252 Mixed 268 74% 337 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 38.5 4K Mixed 19.9 82% 27.4 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 49.1 82% 164 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 92%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$49 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 431GB free Firmware: 0001BSM2 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 89 35175094 (03) Spinup time 100 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 83 83 18425 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 129014796873 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 18039 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 87 87 13675 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 1278 (BC) Unknown 100 1 55835428381 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 48 470810649 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 6 (C0) Power-off retract count 94 94 12396 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 11 11 179386 (C2) HDA temperature 25 52 51539607577 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 49 45 35175094 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	50.8% Above average	Read 87.7 Write 89.3 Mixed 76.1 63% 84.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 0.86 4K Mixed 0.38 84% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 58%
Hitachi HTS543225L9A300 250GB-$30 4,341 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 213GB free Firmware: FBEOC40F Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 253 100 17179869184 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2003 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 6071 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1992 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 327680 (BC) Unknown 100 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 78 47 386924566 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 81 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2490406 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 40942 (C2) HDA temperature 239 100 227633987607 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	29.4% Poor	Read 49.4 Write 53 Mixed 46.6 37% 49.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.33 77% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 36%
A-DATA USB Flash Drive 8GB 64 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 8GB free, PID c82a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	5.34% Terrible	Read 22.6 Write 4.53 Mixed 0.7 8% 9.28 MB/s	4K Read 4.36 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.01 17% 1.46 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.34% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905402-416.A00LF 4x2GB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	56.1% Above average	MC Read 18.7 MC Write 20.5 MC Mixed 17.7 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 18.6 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 60.5 66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 55%

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Gaming 28%

Raft

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 24%

Surfboard

Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G43 GAMING (MS-7758)

CPU
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	21x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	18x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	18x

GPU
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	9x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	8x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	7x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	12x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	5x
CS3030 1TB SSDPNYBench 228%, 12,276 samples	4x

RAM
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 04CD F3-10666CL9-4GBNT Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 04CD F3-10666CL9-4GBNT 20GBUnknownBench 54%, 5 samples	5x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBCorsairBench 51%, 10,124 samples	4x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBCorsairBench 50%, 20,728 samples	4x

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Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $452

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16