MSI Z77A-G41 (MS-7758)

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


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 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 82.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	63.8% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	MSI MS-7758
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-G41 (MS-7758) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20131101
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 03 '16 at 17:12
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	5%

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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 i5-3570K-$136 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Memory 85.6 1-Core 117 2-Core 233 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 463 61% 458 Pts	64-Core 461 28% 461 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Nvidia(10DE 1C03) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7306 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Lighting 78.4 Reflection 77.7 Parallax 67.9 64% 74.7 fps	MRender 72 Gravity 72.1 Splatting 70.8 59% 71.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12784 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2206 (B1) Unknown 93 93 229 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 60 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 239 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14057016094	63.8% Good	Read 494 Write 195 Mixed 223 66% 304 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 50.4 4K Mixed 18.2 81% 29.7 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 78.1 DQ Mixed 60.1 74% 136 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 76%
OCZ VERTEX2 60GB 4,861 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 11GB free Firmware: 1.37 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 109324097566257 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2675 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 539 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2176 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3200 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3200 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4416	40.5% Average	Read 227 Write 63.2 Mixed 104 29% 131 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 57.7 4K Mixed 14.4 80% 30.8 MB/s	DQ Read 113 DQ Write 68.3 DQ Mixed 25.2 36% 68.8 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 51%
WD Green 1.5TB (2009)-$150 16,916 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 125GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 150 147 9483 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2322 (05) Reallocated sector count 197 197 24 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13406 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2287 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 124 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 186 186 43403 (C2) HDA temperature 113 100 39 (C4) Reallocation count 198 198 2 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 5 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	38.9% Below average	Read 72.6 Write 62.9 Mixed 63.3 50% 66.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.48 103% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 55%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 119GB free Firmware: SD17 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 176278848 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2504 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 33 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 133041703 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13542 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 2 (0C) Power cycle count 98 37 2458 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 77310787607 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 210 (BE) vendor-specific 58 46 722665514 (C2) HDA temperature 42 54 55834574890 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 32 17 176278848 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	44% Average	Read 62.3 Write 90.9 Mixed 30.1 45% 61.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.36 82% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial ST102464BA1339.16F 2x8GB 496 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	53% Above average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 17.2 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 16.7 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 71.5 56% 71.5 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 53%

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Desktop 76%

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Workstation 28%

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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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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