MSI Z77A-G45 Thunderbolt (MS-7752)

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Yacht


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 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	105% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7752
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-G45 Thunderbolt (MS-7752) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120921
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 25 '18 at 17:32
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	34%

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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 i5-3570K-$136 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 89.4 1-Core 118 2-Core 221 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 459 61% 455 Pts	64-Core 461 28% 461 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.3% Excellent	Lighting 95.2 Reflection 121 Parallax 105 78% 107 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 107 Splatting 105 86% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$130 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 150GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 311 178 192 203 214 190 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 472 Mixed 351 SusWrite 214 86% 383 MB/s	4K Read 41.8 4K Write 99.5 4K Mixed 54.3 186% 65.2 MB/s	DQ Read 314 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 311 237% 319 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$84 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 178 179 177 178 177 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 156 Mixed 81.8 SusWrite 178 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 19,207 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	62% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 20 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 19.2 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 62%

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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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16