MSI Z77A-G41 (MS-7758)

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 47% 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 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 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	61.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	56.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7758
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-G41 (MS-7758) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121228
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 06 '17 at 07:42
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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 i5-3570K-$136 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.6 GHz, turbo 6.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Memory 94.4 1-Core 128 2-Core 253 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 504 68% 504 Pts	64-Core 500 31% 500 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 366A) CLim: 1639 MHz, MLim: 1892 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Lighting 78.5 Reflection 78 Parallax 69.5 64% 75.3 fps	MRender 79.7 Gravity 71.8 Splatting 61.7 57% 71.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6682 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1986 (B1) Unknown 95 95 150 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 58 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 109 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20061097192	56.2% Above average	Read 495 Write 241 Mixed 343 79% 360 MB/s	4K Read 17 4K Write 38.7 4K Mixed 16 67% 23.9 MB/s	DQ Read 19.4 DQ Write 44.1 DQ Mixed 12.6 15% 25.4 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 86%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 3TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 176 7841 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 252 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 366 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 100 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 22 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 482 (C2) HDA temperature 121 113 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	75.7% Very good	Read 134 Write 130 Mixed 124 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 2.53 4K Mixed 0.21 105% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 100%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 189GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 168 2283 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1486 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1619 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 623 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 75 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1410 (C2) HDA temperature 113 104 30 (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	63.7% Good	Read 116 Write 106 Mixed 107 82% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.22 94% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB-$80 27,325 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1GB free Firmware: SD15 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 112813363 (03) Spinup time 95 88 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7425 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 34617877665 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19287 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 15 (0C) Power cycle count 97 37 3998 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065685 (BD) vendor-specific 83 83 17 (BE) vendor-specific 69 58 521797663 (C2) HDA temperature 31 42 55834574879 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 28 23 112813363 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3	43.3% Average	Read 75.9 Write 74.8 Mixed 65.9 54% 72.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.37 98% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 5,634 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	69.9% Good	MC Read 24.2 MC Write 26 MC Mixed 23.1 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 21.3 SC Mixed 20.9 59% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 58.8 68% 58.8 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 72%

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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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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	195x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	120x
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	47x
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	15x
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 $269	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