MSI Z77A-G41 (MS-7758)

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	86.4% 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	57.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7758
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-G41 (MS-7758) (all builds)
Memory	18.4 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120619
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 25 '19 at 16:58
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3470-$59 223,595 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	66.9% Good	Memory 80 1-Core 91.4 2-Core 169 67% 113 Pts	4-Core 310 8-Core 328 42% 319 Pts	64-Core 313 19% 313 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.39 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 112 Parallax 93.9 89% 105 fps	MRender 95.5 Gravity 99.6 Splatting 101 81% 98.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 154GB free Firmware: Z33130RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 255 134 134 131 136 135 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Read 413 Write 393 Mixed 362 SusWrite 154 74% 331 MB/s	4K Read 17.8 4K Write 72.9 4K Mixed 15.2 85% 35.3 MB/s	DQ Read 184 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 33.4 86% 177 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 86%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: 507KC4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 158 169 154 154 136 MB/s Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	57.5% Above average	Read 226 Write 190 Mixed 182 SusWrite 155 42% 188 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 56.1 4K Mixed 28.1 99% 35.5 MB/s	DQ Read 191 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 131 113% 167 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 87%
PNY CS900 120GB-$25 42,924 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 107GB free Firmware: CS900612 SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 55 55 55 55 55 MB/s Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	53.6% Above average	Read 250 Write 228 Mixed 207 SusWrite 78 43% 190 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 64 4K Mixed 23 101% 37.2 MB/s	DQ Read 194 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 143 121% 176 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 87%
SK hynix SC308 SATA 128GB 123 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 116GB free Firmware: 30000P10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 127 126 126 125 126 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 41% Great: 93%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 1.5TB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 37 37 37 38 38 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	22.2% Poor	Read 36.6 Write 31.4 Mixed 32.6 SusWrite 37.3 47% 34.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.8 125% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 22.2% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1866C10D3/8G 24GB 220 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.1% Average	MC Read 16.7 MC Write 18.8 MC Mixed 15.7 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 15 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 80.6 50% 80.6 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 62%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 36%

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Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 28%

Raft

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

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	194x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	119x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	101x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	63x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	46x
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 $80Bench 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 i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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