MSI Z77A-GD65 (MS-7751)

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	33.8% 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	110% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7751
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-GD65 (MS-7751) (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131009
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	May 15 '21 at 17:14
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3550-$335 23,599 User benchmarks, average bench 69% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Memory 90.1 1-Core 102 2-Core 199 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 382 52% 384 Pts	64-Core 391 24% 391 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3202) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	33.8% Below average	Lighting 43.3 Reflection 45.6 Parallax 40.7 35% 43.2 fps	MRender 37.6 Gravity 40.8 Splatting 35.6 31% 38 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 453GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 299 439 453 457 457 458 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 451 Mixed 416 SusWrite 427 100% 443 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 95 4K Mixed 43.9 157% 57.5 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 353 DQ Mixed 368 277% 370 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 133%
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 118GB free Firmware: 1.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 230 333 330 343 343 343 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	78.3% Very good	Read 342 Write 342 Mixed 248 SusWrite 320 70% 313 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 79.3 4K Mixed 29.6 115% 44.1 MB/s	DQ Read 249 DQ Write 192 DQ Mixed 211 160% 217 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 104%
WD WD5002AALX-00J37A0 500GB 10,663 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 440GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 131 131 132 131 129 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	Read 80.5 Write 84.1 Mixed 62 SusWrite 127 65% 88.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 72%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 304GB free Firmware: 03.03B03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 103 105 105 105 105 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Read 112 Write 104 Mixed 65.7 SusWrite 103 71% 96.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 179% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Team-Elite-1600 2x4GB 3,992 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	60.9% Good	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 18.9 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 18.1 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 67 60% 67 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 61%

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Gaming 59%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 49%

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Motherboard: MSI Z77A-GD65 (MS-7751) - $250

CPU
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	240x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	160x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	76x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	53x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	41x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	29x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	24x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	19x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	19x

RAM
CT102464BD160B.C16 2x8GBCrucialBench 53%, 4,052 samples	16x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	15x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	14x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $657

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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