MSI Z77A-GD65 (MS-7751)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	78.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 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	14.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131009
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '18 at 10:54
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770K-$175 165,979 User benchmarks, average bench 72% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 90.1 1-Core 118 2-Core 232 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 585 67% 525 Pts	64-Core 591 37% 591 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX300 120GB-$80 7,190 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: M2CR010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 335 219 222 221 218 219 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Read 486 Write 441 Mixed 172 SusWrite 239 75% 335 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 47.7 4K Mixed 32.3 106% 35.2 MB/s	DQ Read 174 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 207 170% 237 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 115%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 42GB free Firmware: R0105A SusWrite @10s intervals: 435 155 74 75 47 75 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Read 479 Write 431 Mixed 416 SusWrite 144 82% 367 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 28.4 134% 54.4 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 52.1 111% 224 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 225GB free Firmware: KC48 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 129 128 129 127 128 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	73.8% Very good	Read 129 Write 133 Mixed 58.7 SusWrite 128 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 88%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 931GB free Firmware: JP4OA25C SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 131 130 130 131 131 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	72.8% Very good	Read 123 Write 132 Mixed 60.9 SusWrite 131 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 19.9 MC Mixed 17.2 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 19.2 54% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 67.1 60% 67.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 63%

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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 $90Bench 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 $269	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 $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 $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