MSI Z77A-GD65 (MS-7751)

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	111% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7751
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-GD65 (MS-7751) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131009
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 24 '22 at 01:29
Run Duration	271 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770K-$175 165,979 User benchmarks, average bench 72% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 93.8 1-Core 112 2-Core 223 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 390 56% 413 Pts	64-Core 432 27% 432 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 83%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)-$15 52,547 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 2111) 2.2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4358 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia RTX 3060-$255 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Asus(1043 8816) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 511.23 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	88.8% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 139 Parallax 101 89% 116 fps	MRender 137 Gravity 105 Splatting 90.4 88% 111 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 138GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 449 458 454 302 415 437 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 473 Mixed 375 SusWrite 419 99% 441 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 92.3 4K Mixed 44.6 158% 57.1 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 352 269% 363 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 124%
Crucial M4 512GB-$74 4,600 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 477GB free Firmware: 000F SusWrite @10s intervals: 217 218 217 189 253 255 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	78.3% Very good	Read 494 Write 256 Mixed 282 SusWrite 225 70% 314 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 91.5 4K Mixed 26.7 117% 46.9 MB/s	DQ Read 196 DQ Write 235 DQ Mixed 51 84% 161 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 81%
Kingston SNVS2000G 2TB 7,135 User benchmarks, average bench 187% 948GB free Firmware: S8442105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1554 1600 1589 1020 1374 1561 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	226% Outstanding	Read 1,352 Write 1,648 Mixed 962 SusWrite 1,450 306% 1,353 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 23.3 159% 64.8 MB/s	DQ Read 872 DQ Write 820 DQ Mixed 495 468% 729 MB/s
Poor: 120% ↑ This bench: 226% Great: 255%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 4TB 10,285 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 178 179 179 179 179 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 34% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMT8GX3M2A2000C9 4x4GB 180 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2000 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 24.4 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 21.3 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 60.3 66% 60.3 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 87%

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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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Typical Z77A-GD65 (MS-7751) Builds (Compare 610 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 59%

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Desktop 79%

Battleship

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 $269	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 $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