MSI Z77A-GD65 GAMING (MS-7751)

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 83%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	51.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	32.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7751
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-GD65 GAMING (MS-7751) (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20131114
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 27 '17 at 08:19
Run Duration	225 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570K-$136 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 116 2-Core 226 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 408 55% 411 Pts	64-Core 425 26% 425 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	51.2% Above average	Lighting 64.3 Reflection 63 Parallax 66.4 52% 64.6 fps	MRender 67.7 Gravity 61.8 Splatting 52.8 49% 60.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 42GB free Firmware: 520ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 94 94 12888655615 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 274877918178 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2094 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 176 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 38 60132032541 (C2) HDA temperature 29 38 60132032541 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 96 96 12888655615 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 96 96 12888655615 (CC) Soft ECC correction 96 96 12888655615 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2073 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2306 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2306 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6385	61.9% Good	Read 252 Write 208 Mixed 189 48% 216 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 68.7 4K Mixed 21.4 106% 39.4 MB/s	DQ Read 179 DQ Write 159 DQ Mixed 67.4 78% 135 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 85%
Ocz-vertex2 3.5 115GB 2,637 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.37 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 99 5959314 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -463856446876 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4446 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 240 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 102 99 5959314 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 88 88 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 109056 (EA) Unknown 0 0 46720 (F1) Unknown 0 0 46720 (F2) Unknown 0 0 27072	32.9% Below average	Read 196 Write 49.7 Mixed 69.7 23% 105 MB/s	4K Read 16.2 4K Write 60.1 4K Mixed 8.06 67% 28.1 MB/s	DQ Read 87.4 DQ Write 48.6 DQ Mixed 25.1 30% 53.7 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 49%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$90 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 752GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 130 129 4500 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 171 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 796 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 154 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 187 (C2) HDA temperature 114 108 29 (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	79.7% Very good	Read 144 Write 133 Mixed 126 101% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 2.72 4K Mixed 0.28 115% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 87%
Samsung HD502IJ 500GB-$40 25,285 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 152GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 86 86 5210 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12580 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 26297 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 196 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6056 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 80 59 336527380 (C2) HDA temperature 76 56 437190680 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 23418 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	58.6% Above average	Read 96.1 Write 108 Mixed 35.8 58% 79.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.46 120% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 59%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 17GB free Firmware: 01.03A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 152 150 3375 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7977 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 27838 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5499 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 421 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5499 (C2) HDA temperature 113 89 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	46.7% Average	Read 86.2 Write 76.1 Mixed 76.1 60% 79.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.36 109% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.6% Average	MC Read 14 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 12.7 39% 13.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 12.4 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 58.4 68% 58.4 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 88%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 22%

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Motherboard: MSI Z77A-GD65 GAMING (MS-7751)

CPU
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	60x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	31x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	24x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	19x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	13x
RTX 3060Nvidia $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	10x

SSD
870 Evo 250GBSamsung $31Bench 101%, 14,082 samples	8x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	6x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	6x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	7x
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 58%, 7,298 samples	6x
M378B5773DH0-CH9 4x2GBSamsungBench 48%, 2,464 samples	5x

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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 $40	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