MSI Z77A-G45 Thunderbolt (MS-7752)

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	26.5% 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	70.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7752
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-G45 Thunderbolt (MS-7752) (all builds)
Memory	15.5 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120921
Uptime	6 Days
Run Date	Nov 20 '18 at 00:45
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	74% Very good	Memory 86.9 1-Core 109 2-Core 198 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 330 8-Core 509 52% 420 Pts	64-Core 495 31% 495 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% MSI(1462 2848) 2GB CLim: 1228 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 411.70 Performing below potential (65^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	26.5% Poor	Lighting 30.7 Reflection 28.6 Parallax 36.4 25% 31.9 fps	MRender 39.8 Gravity 37.5 Splatting 31.7 29% 36.3 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 26.5% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: X211200 SusWrite @10s intervals: 264 266 239 239 253 279 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	70.2% Very good	Read 425 Write 221 Mixed 121 SusWrite 257 57% 256 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 66.8 4K Mixed 30.3 112% 40.7 MB/s	DQ Read 31.7 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 35.9 37% 56.9 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 91%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 429GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 92 91 89 91 91 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	53.3% Above average	Read 95 Write 92.8 Mixed 91.8 SusWrite 90.8 69% 92.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 124% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL9-9-9 D3-1333 830B NT2GC64B88B0NF-CG 8313 CL9-9-9 D3-1333 830B NT2GC64B88B0NF-CG 20GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 2048, 8192, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	45.8% Average	MC Read 15.4 MC Write 16.2 MC Mixed 14.7 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 15.6 SC Mixed 14.4 41% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 70.5 57% 70.5 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 50%

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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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Typical Z77A-G45 Thunderbolt (MS-7752) Builds (Compare 88 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 25%

Raft

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 21%

Surfboard

Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G45 Thunderbolt (MS-7752)

CPU
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	21x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	18x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	13x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	10x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	6x
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	5x

SSD
Blue SA510 2.5 1000GBWDBench 90%, 3,795 samples	7x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	5x
860 QVO 1TBSamsung $109Bench 89%, 201,200 samples	5x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	5x
RipjawsZ DDR3 2133 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 73%, 3,160 samples	5x
K66GKY-ETF Micron 16JTF51264AZ-1G4M1 K66GKY-ETF Samsung M378B5273CH0-CH9 24GBKingstonBench 46%, 5 samples	4x

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Value: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $234

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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