MSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758)

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 69.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	23.1% 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	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	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.

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

System	MSI MS-7758
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758) (all builds)
Memory	6.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120831
Uptime	47.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 18 '19 at 21:45
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	34%

PC Performing below expectations (31^st 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 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	69.8% Good	Memory 86.7 1-Core 93.9 2-Core 175 70% 119 Pts	4-Core 291 8-Core 391 43% 341 Pts	64-Core 465 29% 465 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-Ti-$362 42,960 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 3662) 2GB CLim: 1267 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	23.1% Poor	Lighting 31.2 Reflection 33.5 Parallax 39.8 25% 34.8 fps	MRender 40.3 Gravity 38.2 Splatting 0.09 19% 26.2 fps
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 23.1% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ VERTEX3 60GB 3,574 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 56GB free Firmware: 2.15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 10 9.1 60 73 72 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	26.8% Poor	Read 310 Write 78.7 Mixed 121 SusWrite 42.5 30% 138 MB/s	4K Read 7.7 4K Write 9.1 4K Mixed 7.4 26% 8.07 MB/s	DQ Read 105 DQ Write 66.8 DQ Mixed 90.9 66% 87.5 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 26.8% Great: 70%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 790GB free (System drive) Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 32 42 56 37 40 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	26.9% Poor	Read 53.7 Write 52.2 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 40.2 32% 43.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.2 42% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 26.9% Great: 67%
Intenso USB 3.0 device 3TB 287 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 3TB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 147 146 146 147 145 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Read 145 Write 143 Mixed 79.2 SusWrite 146 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 189% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 91%
WD Elements 25A3 4TB 7,568 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 25GB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 25 25 26 26 25 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	17% Very poor	Read 27.2 Write 25.5 Mixed 22.2 SusWrite 25.4 34% 25.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 119% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 17% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 1,961 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.6% Above average	MC Read 19.7 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 16.1 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 14.1 SC Mixed 12.9 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 70.7 57% 70.7 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 96%

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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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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758)

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	482x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	348x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	248x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	141x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	137x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	124x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	60x
MX500 500GBCrucial $44Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	55x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $51Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	54x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	49x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	42x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 53%, 47,852 samples	35x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $280

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16