MSI Z77A-G41 (MS-7758)

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	9.85% 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	61.7% 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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7758
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-G41 (MS-7758) (all builds)
Memory	6.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140307
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 05 '16 at 06:57
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570 104,858 User benchmarks, average bench 65% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Memory 87.3 1-Core 104 2-Core 207 76% 133 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 398 54% 401 Pts	64-Core 400 25% 400 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 75%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Asus(1043 83BE) 1GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5891 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	9.85% Terrible	Lighting 11 Reflection 13 Parallax 9.25 9% 11.1 fps	MRender 15.4 Gravity 11.8 Splatting 14.9 12% 14 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.85% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 119GB free Firmware: X211200 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (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 253 100 6527 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 522 (A7) Unknown 100 100 12 (A8) Unknown 100 100 94 (A9) Unknown 100 100 120 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 23 (AE) Unknown 100 100 101 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 38 163209936926 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 76 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 76 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3351138085 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2739548808 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	52.9% Above average	Read 265 Write 206 Mixed 250 54% 241 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 43.2 4K Mixed 13.3 74% 26.3 MB/s	DQ Read 191 DQ Write 172 DQ Mixed 44.5 71% 136 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 91%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 128GB 1,050 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 99GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Read 679 Write 372 Mixed 415 108% 488 MB/s	4K Read 14 4K Write 18.3 4K Mixed 5.97 39% 12.8 MB/s	DQ Read 15.2 DQ Write 17.8 DQ Mixed 5.76 7% 12.9 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 73,650 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	51% Above average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.4 50% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 15 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 70.2 57% 70.2 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 62%

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Gaming 36%

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Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G41 (MS-7758) - $232

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	196x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	121x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	105x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	63x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	47x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	36x

SSD
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	25x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	19x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	19x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	17x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	15x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	10x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $606

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16