MSI Z77A-G41 (MS-7758)

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	74.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	72.4% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 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-G41 (MS-7758) (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140307
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 17 '20 at 22:19
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Memory 90.4 1-Core 108 2-Core 206 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 381 8-Core 534 58% 458 Pts	64-Core 541 34% 541 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% MSI(1462 C75A) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.38 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Lighting 92.3 Reflection 81.6 Parallax 87.6 75% 87.2 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 78.8 Splatting 76.4 73% 91.6 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Hs256e 256GB 256GB 119 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 151GB free (System drive) Firmware: S1206A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 389 162 139 48 120 85 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	72.4% Very good	Read 442 Write 412 Mixed 382 SusWrite 157 78% 348 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 71.5 4K Mixed 27.2 109% 40.8 MB/s	DQ Read 209 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 44.5 97% 195 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 84%
Seagate Portable 1TB 4,264 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 842GB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 30 30 30 29 29 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	16.8% Very poor	Read 28.6 Write 25.3 Mixed 27.4 SusWrite 29.4 21% 27.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 16.8% Great: 68%
Seagate IronWolf 2TB (2016)-$105 8,291 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 1.5TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 181 180 179 180 182 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 172 Mixed 76.7 SusWrite 181 110% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-PB HMT351U6EFR8C-PB HMT351U6CFR8C-PB HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 16GB 110 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2000, 2000, 2000, 2000 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	67.4% Good	MC Read 26 MC Write 24.3 MC Mixed 20.7 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 20.1 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 67%

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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	14x
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 $279	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 $182	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) $30	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