MSI Z77A-G45 (MS-7752)

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


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 an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	17.6% 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	115% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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

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

System	MSI MS-7752
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-G45 (MS-7752) (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130118
Uptime	4.5 Days
Run Date	Aug 21 '19 at 04:34
Run Duration	223 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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 4.4 GHz, turbo 5.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 94.3 1-Core 122 2-Core 245 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 609 66% 521 Pts	64-Core 608 38% 608 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3751) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 419.35 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	17.6% Very poor	Lighting 19.9 Reflection 23 Parallax 18.7 16% 20.5 fps	MRender 28.5 Gravity 20 Splatting 26 20% 24.8 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 17.6% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 378 242 237 235 238 234 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 493 Mixed 403 SusWrite 261 93% 415 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 59.5 200% 70 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 353 DQ Mixed 364 275% 368 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 124%
Intel 520 Series 180GB-$132 14,258 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 168GB free Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 159 155 159 158 163 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Read 371 Write 234 Mixed 245 SusWrite 161 56% 253 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 92.7 4K Mixed 42.5 158% 57 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 232 178% 245 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 88%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 143 145 146 147 146 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Read 142 Write 148 Mixed 91 SusWrite 145 97% 131 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 203% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 101%
SABRENT 1TB 490GB free Firmware: ECFM12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1560 1051 1053 1052 1050 1053 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C8 4x4GB 1,744 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	60% Good	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 20.6 MC Mixed 18.9 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 20 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 59 68% 59 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 64%

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

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

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Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G45 (MS-7752)

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	528x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	225x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	165x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	102x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	97x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	63x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	43x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	40x
840 120GBSamsung $109Bench 61%, 51,792 samples	38x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	29x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	28x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	27x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $328

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16