MSI Z77A-G45 (MS-7752)

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	91.8% 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	24.5% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7752
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-G45 (MS-7752) (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120619
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 21 '20 at 13:21
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600-$197 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	71.4% Very good	Memory 83.8 1-Core 101 2-Core 200 74% 128 Pts	4-Core 319 8-Core 486 50% 402 Pts	64-Core 495 31% 495 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 74%

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: 1671 MHz, MLim: 1952 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 130 Parallax 116 94% 120 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 114 Splatting 104 89% 109 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$32 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 62 16 42 25 36 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	24.5% Poor	Read 200 Write 85.9 Mixed 82.7 SusWrite 50.7 23% 105 MB/s	4K Read 13.7 4K Write 19 4K Mixed 9.5 43% 14.1 MB/s	DQ Read 10.6 DQ Write 12 DQ Mixed 11.6 9% 11.4 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 24.5% Great: 85%
HGST Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 1TB 129,581 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 337GB free Firmware: JA0OA710 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 75 77 81 76 77 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	42.8% Average	Read 72.2 Write 70.6 Mixed 28.8 SusWrite 76.9 45% 62.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 112% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 57%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 255GB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 91 104 105 104 105 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	62% Good	Read 114 Write 110 Mixed 60.8 SusWrite 102 71% 96.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1.1 185% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 70%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 205GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 88 106 108 108 107 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	55.1% Above average	Read 88.5 Write 88.4 Mixed 60.1 SusWrite 103 63% 85.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G 029E CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 KHX1866C10D3/4G 029E CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.9% Average	MC Read 15.9 MC Write 16.6 MC Mixed 14.5 45% 15.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 15.9 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 73.8 54% 73.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 60%

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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-G45 (MS-7752) Builds (Compare 1,229 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	526x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	224x
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	62x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 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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Total price: $332

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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