MSI Z77A-GD65 (MS-7751)

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	10.1% 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	121% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7751
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-GD65 (MS-7751) (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20131009
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 21 '18 at 21:44
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 4.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 96.3 1-Core 117 2-Core 233 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 593 61% 494 Pts	64-Core 590 36% 590 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Gigabyte(1458 354E) 2GB CLim: 1472 MHz, MLim: 1690 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	10.1% Very poor	Lighting 3.33 Reflection 25.1 Parallax 36.5 3% 21.6 fps	MRender 33.7 Gravity 30.8 Splatting 26.2 24% 30.2 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 10.1% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 512GB-$129 14,996 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 357GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 361 471 439 493 496 496 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 493 Mixed 348 SusWrite 459 102% 454 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 50.7 183% 68 MB/s	DQ Read 390 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 174 177% 289 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 118%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 3TB-$79 6,381 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2TB free Firmware: CV22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 162 163 162 163 162 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 162 Mixed 70.6 SusWrite 162 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 114%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 379GB free Firmware: 15.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 125 124 124 124 124 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	67.9% Good	Read 112 Write 126 Mixed 72.4 SusWrite 124 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 157 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	77.7% Very good	MC Read 28.9 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 25.4 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 22.1 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 53 75% 53 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 87%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 49%

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Motherboard: MSI Z77A-GD65 (MS-7751) - $250

CPU
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	240x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	160x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	76x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	53x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	41x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	29x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	24x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	19x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	19x

RAM
CT102464BD160B.C16 2x8GBCrucialBench 53%, 4,052 samples	16x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	15x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	14x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $657

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 $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