MSI Z77 MPower (MS-7751)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	39.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 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-7751
Motherboard	MSI Z77 MPower (MS-7751) (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120914
Uptime	14.5 Days
Run Date	Apr 09 '17 at 08:38
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	NGA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Memory 95.9 1-Core 103 2-Core 205 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 365 8-Core 506 55% 436 Pts	64-Core 514 32% 514 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% PwrHis(1787 3001) 3GB CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 16.10.3 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	39.4% Below average	Lighting 51.4 Reflection 34.2 Parallax 63.9 42% 49.8 fps	MRender 32.6 Gravity 50 Splatting 42.7 34% 41.8 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB 8,189 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1TB free Firmware: CC97 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 72652000 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2771 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 688 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 4391092453 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 26690 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 660 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032845 (BD) vendor-specific 72 72 28 (BE) vendor-specific 60 40 14930113462312 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 241 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 12330 (C2) HDA temperature 40 60 73014444072 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 20 9 72652000 (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 53150220300983 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1081761124 (F2) Unknown 100 253 820593980	50.7% Above average	Read 91.5 Write 85.5 Mixed 15.5 46% 64.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 0.36 4K Mixed 0.18 55% 0.41 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 74%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 60066330 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11860 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 87395932 (09) Power-on hours count 51 51 43502 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5343 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 8590065749 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 56 43 331502911532 (C2) HDA temperature 44 57 73014444076 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 40 18 60066330 (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 83773337153654 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4275059406 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1815970630	46.3% Average	Read 85.9 Write 75.4 Mixed 11.5 42% 57.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.33 80% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 68%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 41GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 82 82 6270 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5118 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 33871 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 3 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1051 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 47 672464932 (C2) HDA temperature 64 44 22197633060 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 9408839 (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 100 100 9 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0	45.8% Average	Read 65.2 Write 94.3 Mixed 54.7 53% 71.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.39 86% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 2133 C10 2x8GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.2% Average	MC Read 14.3 MC Write 13.3 MC Mixed 12.3 38% 13.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 14.6 SC Mixed 13.6 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 54.4 74% 54.4 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 80%

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Gaming 40%

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Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI Z77 MPower (MS-7751) - $444

CPU
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	228x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	136x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	94x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	64x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	43x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	41x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	23x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	20x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	18x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	12x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	11x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	10x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $899

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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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