MSI Z77A-GD80 (MS-7757)

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 72.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	128% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	73.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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System	MSI MS-7757
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-GD80 (MS-7757) (all builds)
Memory	20.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130929
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Dec 29 '20 at 19:20
Run Duration	219 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

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PC Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770K-$175 165,979 User benchmarks, average bench 72% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	72.4% Very good	Memory 87.6 1-Core 97.3 2-Core 169 70% 118 Pts	4-Core 310 8-Core 460 48% 385 Pts	64-Core 458 28% 458 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 37A7) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	128% Outstanding	Lighting 173 Reflection 170 Parallax 191 141% 178 fps	MRender 185 Gravity 151 Splatting 126 123% 154 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 582GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 186 202 199 199 213 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	73.7% Very good	Read 452 Write 384 Mixed 284 SusWrite 197 74% 329 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 46.7 4K Mixed 30.1 101% 33.8 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 209 DQ Mixed 189 164% 246 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 133%
Kingston HyperX 120GB 3,401 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 66GB free Firmware: 502ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 154 157 160 159 160 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Read 400 Write 159 Mixed 216 SusWrite 156 52% 233 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 43.4 4K Mixed 27.9 94% 31.5 MB/s	DQ Read 191 DQ Write 168 DQ Mixed 170 130% 176 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 81%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 215GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 164 171 170 169 174 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	63.8% Good	Read 249 Write 223 Mixed 210 SusWrite 167 48% 212 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 47.6 4K Mixed 34.5 111% 36.6 MB/s	DQ Read 203 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 197 148% 197 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 191GB free Firmware: 0701 SusWrite @10s intervals: 228 243 243 238 239 239 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	47% Average	Read 348 Write 242 Mixed 153 SusWrite 238 55% 245 MB/s	4K Read 15.9 4K Write 20.7 4K Mixed 14.4 54% 17 MB/s	DQ Read 49.1 DQ Write 42.4 DQ Mixed 36.6 30% 42.7 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 85%
Samsung 860 Evo 2TB-$275 44,466 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 1TB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 165 171 171 170 175 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	64.9% Good	Read 244 Write 222 Mixed 233 SusWrite 168 49% 217 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 47.8 4K Mixed 37.4 114% 37.5 MB/s	DQ Read 203 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 82.9 93% 158 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 133%
Hitachi HUS724040ALE640 4TB 1,183 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 3TB free Firmware: MJAOA580 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 150 150 151 152 151 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Read 150 Write 140 Mixed 75.3 SusWrite 149 94% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 171% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 92%
Seagate ST8000DM0004-1ZC11G 8TB 186 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 6.5TB free Firmware: DN01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 157 159 164 164 145 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 36% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 6,467 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	MC Read 18.6 MC Write 19.6 MC Mixed 17.9 53% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 16.1 SC Mixed 17.1 47% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 69.9 57% 69.9 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 65%

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Typical Z77A-GD80 (MS-7757) Builds (Compare 53 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 62%

Destroyer

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 48%

Yacht

Motherboard: MSI Z77A-GD80 (MS-7757)

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	18x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	18x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	13x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	10x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	5x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	5x

SSD
Pro 6000p NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBIntel $65Bench 104%, 11,104 samples	5x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	5x
SK-2520 U3.1 500GBAkitioBench 74%, 4 samples	3x

RAM
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 54%, 7,771 samples	7x
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 53%, 17,809 samples	5x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 51%, 21,220 samples	3x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $525

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