MSI Z77A-G43 GAMING (MS-7758)

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	29.2% 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	18.7% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7758
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-G43 GAMING (MS-7758) (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20130410
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 18 '22 at 20:25
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770S-$95 10,699 User benchmarks, average bench 69% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 94.6 2-Core 185 71% 121 Pts	4-Core 302 8-Core 497 49% 399 Pts	64-Core 521 32% 521 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% PowerColor(148C 2340) 2GB CLim: 1180 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 21.5.2 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	29.2% Poor	Lighting 38.1 Reflection 37.9 Parallax 48.7 31% 41.6 fps	MRender 32.7 Gravity 35.2 Splatting 27.1 26% 31.7 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 29.2% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 34 31 35 36 31 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	18.7% Very poor	Read 85.5 Write 83.7 Mixed 71.8 SusWrite 37.8 16% 69.7 MB/s	4K Read 12.1 4K Write 17.9 4K Mixed 10 41% 13.3 MB/s	DQ Read 14.5 DQ Write 15.5 DQ Mixed 14 11% 14.7 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 18.7% Great: 100%
Im2p33f3a NVMe ADATA 256GB 986 User benchmarks, average bench 124% 30GB free Firmware: 92103061 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 740 Write 770 Mixed 762 170% 757 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 67.2 4K Mixed 18.6 106% 38.8 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 512 DQ Mixed 315 267% 381 MB/s
Poor: 75% Great: 176%
Cs900 SSD 120GB 223 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 22GB free Firmware: 0200S311 SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 70 28 28 24 33 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	72% Very good	Read 408 Write 212 Mixed 321 SusWrite 62.3 56% 251 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 75.8 4K Mixed 32.6 131% 46.9 MB/s	DQ Read 261 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 188 164% 244 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 94%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 290GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 140 140 141 141 142 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Read 151 Write 100 Mixed 68.6 SusWrite 139 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5403-159.A01LF 2x8GB 987 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.7% Average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 17.1 MC Mixed 15.7 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 15.9 SC Mixed 13.7 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 72 56% 72 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 61%

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Typical Z77A-G43 GAMING (MS-7758) Builds (Compare 97 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 28%

Raft

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 24%

Surfboard

Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G43 GAMING (MS-7758)

CPU
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	19x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	18x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	18x

GPU
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	9x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	8x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	6x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	12x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	4x
CS3030 1TB SSDPNYBench 228%, 12,276 samples	4x

RAM
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 04CD F3-10666CL9-4GBNT Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 04CD F3-10666CL9-4GBNT 20GBUnknownBench 54%, 5 samples	5x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBCorsairBench 51%, 10,124 samples	4x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBCorsairBench 50%, 20,728 samples	4x

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Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $453

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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