MSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758)

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	25.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	118% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

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, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7758
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140307
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 05 '21 at 03:06
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.8 GHz, turbo 6.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Memory 83.9 1-Core 124 2-Core 252 85% 154 Pts	4-Core 483 8-Core 508 66% 495 Pts	64-Core 437 27% 437 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Sapphire(174B E271) CLim: 1200 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 21.3.2 Performing below potential (45^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	25.8% Poor	Lighting 33.2 Reflection 36.2 Parallax 43.4 27% 37.6 fps	MRender 30.4 Gravity 31.9 Splatting 25.2 24% 29.2 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 25.8% Great: 29%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 Evo 250GB-$31 14,082 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 200GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 424 480 411 356 351 352 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 371 Mixed 342 SusWrite 396 91% 406 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 50.1 183% 67.2 MB/s	DQ Read 390 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 271 230% 336 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 128%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 029E CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 KHX1600C9D3/4GX 029E CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 208 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	50.7% Above average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 16 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 16.2 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 73.7 54% 73.7 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 62%

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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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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	481x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	346x
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	136x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	124x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	60x
MX500 500GBCrucial $45Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16