MSI Z77 MPower (MS-7751)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.4% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 19 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7751
Motherboard	MSI Z77 MPower (MS-7751) (all builds)
Memory	7.6 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131030
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Mar 25 '22 at 14:11
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (56^th 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, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 103 2-Core 206 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 369 8-Core 530 56% 449 Pts	64-Core 537 33% 537 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)-$15 52,547 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 2111) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.5161 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	3.4% Terrible	Lighting 4.1 Reflection 2 Parallax 2.9 3% 3 fps	MRender 5.4 Gravity 2.4 Splatting 4.9 4% 4.23 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.4% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 186GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 5,548 Write 4,393 Mixed 4,960 1,106% 4,967 MB/s	4K Read 332 4K Write 196 4K Mixed 219 888% 249 MB/s	DQ Read 842 DQ Write 538 DQ Mixed 645 493% 675 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 270GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 86 88 87 87 87 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	Read 92.2 Write 88.2 Mixed 95.4 SusWrite 86.9 68% 90.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 210% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 3x4GB 182 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 3 of 4 slots used 12GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	45.3% Average	MC Read 15.7 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 14 42% 14.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 16 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 72%

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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 Z77 MPower (MS-7751) Builds (Compare 558 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 40%

Jet ski

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI Z77 MPower (MS-7751) - $444

CPU
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	228x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	136x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	94x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	64x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	43x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	41x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	23x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	20x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	18x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	12x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	11x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	10x

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Total price: $899

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