MSI Z77A-GD65 (MS-7751)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	34.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7751
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-GD65 (MS-7751) (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121102
Uptime	2.6 Days
Run Date	Nov 24 '16 at 09:16
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	76.6% Very good	Memory 91.8 1-Core 95.4 2-Core 186 73% 124 Pts	4-Core 357 8-Core 355 48% 356 Pts	64-Core 347 22% 347 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 670-$435 47,610 User benchmarks, average bench 28% Gigabyte(1458 355A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1267 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 375.95 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 25% Great: 31%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 94 94 20885550 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 -11278584110480 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3393 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 134 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (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 20885550 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 20885550 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 20885550 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 8443 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6678 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6678 (F2) Unknown 0 0 15461	34.5% Below average	Read 163 Write 88.9 Mixed 111 27% 121 MB/s	4K Read 16.1 4K Write 49.1 4K Mixed 8.05 61% 24.4 MB/s	DQ Read 129 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 6.78 35% 80.2 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 190019344 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 34 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 637395 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 68 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 18 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 68 504496158 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 202 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 73014444062 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -5403068858320 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1120464492 (F2) Unknown 100 253 893056144	92.2% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 149 Mixed 155 120% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.17 63% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL10-11-11 D3-2133 2x4GB 298 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	60.8% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 19 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 18.1 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 81%

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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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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 49%

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Motherboard: MSI Z77A-GD65 (MS-7751) - $250

CPU
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	240x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	160x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	76x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	54x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	41x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	29x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	24x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	19x
MX500 1TBCrucial $80Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	19x

RAM
CT102464BD160B.C16 2x8GBCrucialBench 53%, 4,052 samples	16x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	15x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	14x

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Total price: $657

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16