MSI Z77A-GD80 (MS-7757)

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 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 75.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	119% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	65.6% 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-7757
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-GD80 (MS-7757) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130929
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Apr 04 '20 at 22:35
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing below expectations (36^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 3.5 GHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Memory 89.6 1-Core 103 2-Core 205 76% 133 Pts	4-Core 347 8-Core 418 50% 382 Pts	64-Core 391 24% 391 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 2081) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	119% Outstanding	Lighting 155 Reflection 173 Parallax 190 127% 173 fps	MRender 193 Gravity 151 Splatting 110 119% 151 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 311 116 121 105 95 127 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Read 484 Write 388 Mixed 298 SusWrite 146 73% 329 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 49.5 4K Mixed 25.5 90% 31.9 MB/s	DQ Read 290 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 154 129% 191 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 86%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 168GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 239 242 243 241 248 245 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	71.7% Very good	Read 247 Write 245 Mixed 240 SusWrite 243 55% 244 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 51.2 4K Mixed 37.9 122% 39.9 MB/s	DQ Read 203 DQ Write 189 DQ Mixed 194 146% 195 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 133%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 51GB free Firmware: 12.01C02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 60 62 60 59 61 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	27.6% Poor	Read 37.3 Write 38 Mixed 36.8 SusWrite 58.2 32% 42.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 27.6% Great: 69%
HGST TOURO Mobile Pro 500GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 153GB free, PID 1019 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 29 29 29 29 29 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	17% Very poor	Read 32.5 Write 27 Mixed 27.5 SusWrite 28.9 39% 29 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 91% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 17% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 16,567 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	58.8% Above average	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 20.6 MC Mixed 18.9 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 17.5 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 62%

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Typical Z77A-GD80 (MS-7757) Builds (Compare 53 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 62%

Destroyer

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 48%

Yacht

Motherboard: MSI Z77A-GD80 (MS-7757)

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	18x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	18x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	13x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	10x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	5x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	5x

SSD
Pro 6000p NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBIntel $65Bench 104%, 11,104 samples	5x
MX500 1TBCrucial $80Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	5x
SK-2520 U3.1 500GBAkitioBench 74%, 4 samples	3x

RAM
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 54%, 7,771 samples	7x
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 53%, 17,809 samples	5x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 51%, 21,220 samples	3x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $525

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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16