MSI Z77MA-G45 (MS-7759)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 28% Raft


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 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 70.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	50.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

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

System	MSI MS-7759
Motherboard	MSI Z77MA-G45 (MS-7759) (all builds)
Memory	21.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130301
Uptime	6.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 07 '16 at 09:29
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	NAM-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 i7-3770-$297 278,207 User benchmarks, average bench 69% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	70.1% Very good	Memory 82.3 1-Core 101 2-Core 180 71% 121 Pts	4-Core 321 8-Core 410 47% 366 Pts	64-Core 472 29% 472 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% MSI(1462 2015) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.300.2311.0 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.3% Above average	Lighting 61.2 Reflection 61.1 Parallax 68.1 50% 63.4 fps	MRender 60.1 Gravity 51.8 Splatting 72 51% 61.3 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$72 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 296GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 175 6108 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8097 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 53 53 34864 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1822 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 396 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 82 82 355053 (C2) HDA temperature 108 99 42 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	48.1% Average	Read 85.3 Write 82.3 Mixed 82.7 63% 83.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.28 78% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 57%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 225GB free Firmware: 51.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 165 158 6725 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1832 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 52 52 35255 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 888 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 239 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 886347 (C2) HDA temperature 111 102 39 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	51.6% Above average	Read 87.8 Write 91.7 Mixed 90.8 68% 90.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.22 86% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 59%
WD WD5000AAVS-00ZTB0 500GB 13,629 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 39 (03) Spinup time 168 108 4575 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12491 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 41 41 43520 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1897 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 700 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 689695 (C2) HDA temperature 106 77 41 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	34.4% Below average	Read 65.1 Write 54.4 Mixed 52.7 43% 57.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.25 78% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-559.A00LF 9905403-582.A00LF 9905403-559.A00LF 9905403-582.A00LF 32GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	44.2% Average	MC Read 15.8 MC Write 15.4 MC Mixed 13.4 42% 14.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 15.3 SC Mixed 13.9 40% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 76.5 52% 76.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 44%

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Typical Z77MA-G45 (MS-7759) Builds (Compare 262 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 25%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 20%

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Motherboard: MSI Z77MA-G45 (MS-7759)

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	66x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	48x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	46x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	20x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	18x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	16x

SSD
870 EVO 500GBSamsung $80Bench 104%, 60,851 samples	12x
MX500 1TBCrucial $74Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	11x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	7x

RAM
Sniper DDR3 2133 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 1,053 samples	17x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	9x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 50%, 27,024 samples	9x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $275

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	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