MSI Z77A-G41 (MS-7758)

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


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 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	79.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

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

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7758
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-G41 (MS-7758) (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140307
Uptime	5.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '19 at 14:36
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

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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 i7-2600-$195 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Memory 91.4 1-Core 101 2-Core 201 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 345 8-Core 488 52% 416 Pts	64-Core 480 30% 480 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% EVGA(3842 1261) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Lighting 104 Reflection 93.5 Parallax 86.5 85% 94.6 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 84.3 Splatting 76 71% 88 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$46 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 121GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 874 488 438 439 440 439 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	174% Outstanding	Read 1,138 Write 980 Mixed 929 SusWrite 520 200% 892 MB/s	4K Read 39.1 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 68.9 208% 74 MB/s	DQ Read 774 DQ Write 637 DQ Mixed 721 536% 711 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 174% Great: 302%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 864GB free (System drive) Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 86 105 99 86 88 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	59.5% Above average	Read 118 Write 25.2 Mixed 80 SusWrite 88.8 58% 78.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 76%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 632GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 123 125 124 124 124 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	72.6% Very good	Read 129 Write 118 Mixed 107 SusWrite 124 88% 119 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 190% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 169 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	48.2% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 17.1 MC Mixed 15.3 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 13.9 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 65.1 62% 65.1 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 63%

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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 36%

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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