MSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758)

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7758
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758) (all builds)
Memory	2.9 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120619
Uptime	13.1 Days
Run Date	May 30 '20 at 09:30
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770-$297 278,207 User benchmarks, average bench 69% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	Memory 83 1-Core 106 2-Core 209 75% 133 Pts	4-Core 376 8-Core 510 56% 443 Pts	64-Core 473 29% 473 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)-$15 52,547 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 2111) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4358 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 546GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 84 77 84 96 94 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	51.7% Above average	Read 93.5 Write 84.8 Mixed 93.7 SusWrite 86.1 67% 89.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.6 143% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 85%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 136GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 93 89 93 94 94 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	54% Above average	Read 95 Write 94.2 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 92.5 64% 87.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 223% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 109%
Generic Flash Disk 34GB 174 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 31GB free, PID 7788 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.3 4.5 5 5.2 5.1 5.1 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	3.5% Terrible	Read 13 Write 5 Mixed 4.2 SusWrite 4.9 8% 6.78 MB/s	4K Read 2.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 8% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.5% Great: 26%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-020.A00LF 3x4GB 90 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 3 of 4 slots used 12GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	37.5% Below average	MC Read 13.2 MC Write 12.3 MC Mixed 11.1 35% 12.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 13.7 SC Mixed 12.2 36% 12.6 GB/s	Latency 75.2 53% 75.2 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 51%

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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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Typical Z77A-G43 (MS-7758) Builds (Compare 1,869 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758)

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	478x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	343x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	248x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	141x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	135x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	124x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	60x
MX500 500GBCrucial $48Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	55x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	54x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	48x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	42x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 53%, 47,852 samples	35x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $280

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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