MSI Z77A-GD65 (MS-7751)

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	73.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	34.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7751
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-GD65 (MS-7751) (all builds)
Memory	6.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20121217
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '18 at 14:18
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.7 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 90.5 1-Core 123 2-Core 244 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 457 62% 459 Pts	64-Core 462 29% 462 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 367C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1633 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	Lighting 93.7 Reflection 91.6 Parallax 83.6 76% 89.6 fps	MRender 91.3 Gravity 82.3 Splatting 75.6 67% 83.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: 600ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 60 66 60 81 83 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	34.6% Below average	Read 331 Write 50 Mixed 142 SusWrite 70.1 32% 148 MB/s	4K Read 19 4K Write 7.5 4K Mixed 16.9 54% 14.5 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 85%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 53GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 23 25 26 27 26 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 24% Great: 69%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 49GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 86 84 82 76 85 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	53.6% Above average	Read 104 Write 105 Mixed 66.3 SusWrite 82.3 66% 89.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 183% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-012.A00LF 4x4GB 1,349 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	49.8% Average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 15.8 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 16 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 56%

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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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Gaming 59%

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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 $109Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	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