MSI Z77A-G45 (MS-7752)

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.4% 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	71% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7752
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-G45 (MS-7752) (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130929
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Mar 25 '17 at 21:32
Run Duration	212 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 4.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 117 2-Core 233 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 461 8-Core 457 62% 459 Pts	64-Core 460 28% 460 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 115 Parallax 105 92% 111 fps	MRender 95.8 Gravity 100 Splatting 87.3 77% 94.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PH4-CE120 120GB 793 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 50GB free Firmware: F/W:1.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 996 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 82 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 95 95 89 (AD) Unknown 100 100 196614 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 141736083489 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 542	92% Outstanding	Read 520 Write 460 Mixed 349 98% 443 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 94.9 4K Mixed 10.9 119% 47.3 MB/s	DQ Read 229 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 16.3 68% 152 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 82%
Intel 330 Series 180GB 5,848 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: 300i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -109032038866002 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2240 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1848 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 434050 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 434050 (F2) Unknown 100 100 462328 (F9) Unknown 100 100 14024	71% Very good	Read 476 Write 161 Mixed 205 61% 281 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 96.8 4K Mixed 17.3 110% 46.1 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 185 DQ Mixed 54.2 88% 170 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 83%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 262GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 190 182 6500 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6593 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 20676 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2848 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 248 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 147 147 159744 (C2) HDA temperature 119 84 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	44.4% Average	Read 81.9 Write 73.1 Mixed 3.68 38% 52.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 0.35 4K Mixed 0.17 49% 0.36 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 59%
Hitachi HDT725050VLA360 500GB-$159 3,335 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 212GB free Firmware: V56OA7EA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 98 98 131075 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 107 107 38684721620 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 8905 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 41473 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4747 (C0) Power-off retract count 92 92 10194 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 10194 (C2) HDA temperature 150 150 304943661096 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0	34% Below average	Read 66.4 Write 51.8 Mixed 19.3 34% 45.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.23 65% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 7,771 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	61.8% Good	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 19.8 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 19.6 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 57.4 70% 57.4 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 79%

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G45 (MS-7752)

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	527x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	225x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	165x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	102x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	97x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	63x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	42x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	40x
840 120GBSamsung $109Bench 61%, 51,792 samples	38x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	29x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	28x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	27x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $327

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16