MSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758)

Performance Results


Gaming 111% UFO	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


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 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	137% 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	28.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

System	MSI MS-7758
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758) (all builds)
Memory	8.3 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120402
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 07 '21 at 00:22
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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 i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 89.5 1-Core 98.4 2-Core 227 78% 138 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 442 59% 441 Pts	64-Core 439 27% 439 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% Asus(1043 8738) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.72 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Lighting 188 Reflection 182 Parallax 186 153% 185 fps	MRender 206 Gravity 163 Splatting 133 133% 168 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S128G 126GB 21,984 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.2.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 138 83 56 33 36 MB/s Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	28.7% Poor	Read 234 Write 216 Mixed 69.8 SusWrite 74.6 33% 148 MB/s	4K Read 16.3 4K Write 13.4 4K Mixed 10.8 46% 13.5 MB/s	DQ Read 32.1 DQ Write 14.9 DQ Mixed 15.8 14% 20.9 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 28.7% Great: 56%
Sandisk G5 BICS4 1TB 7,638 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 728GB free Firmware: 415000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 302 309 376 366 363 363 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 453 Mixed 273 SusWrite 346 88% 393 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 21 133% 52 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 164 175% 292 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 376GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 107 109 109 109 109 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	33.9% Below average	Read 9.9 Write 126 Mixed 55.3 SusWrite 108 55% 74.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 180% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 112%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 405GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 89 89 89 90 87 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Read 181 Write 169 Mixed 90.7 SusWrite 88.6 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 244% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-2GBNQ 04CD F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 04CD F3-12800CL9-2GBNQ 04CD F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 12GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	56.8% Above average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 20.9 MC Mixed 17.8 56% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 18 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 67.9 59% 67.9 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 60%

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Typical Z77A-G43 (MS-7758) Builds (Compare 1,870 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758)

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	478x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	343x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	248x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	141x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	135x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	124x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	60x
MX500 500GBCrucial $46Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	55x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	54x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	48x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	42x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 53%, 47,852 samples	35x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $280

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