MSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758)

Performance Results


Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	136% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	82.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 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.

System	MSI MS-7758
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758) (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131101
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 01 '17 at 10:15
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 4 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Memory 89.9 1-Core 111 2-Core 220 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 539 58% 464 Pts	64-Core 545 34% 545 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 4471) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2800 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Lighting 193 Reflection 208 Parallax 205 157% 202 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 187 Splatting 131 122% 150 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 105GB free Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4363346 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 15745350137546 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2532 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 363 (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 120 120 4363346 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4363346 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4363346 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 11990 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8978 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8978 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9191	67.8% Good	Read 490 Write 136 Mixed 208 60% 278 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 99.8 4K Mixed 12 116% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 179 DQ Write 143 DQ Mixed 40.4 63% 121 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 82%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 21073 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1589 (B1) Unknown 83 83 200 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 40 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 192 (EB) Unknown 99 99 237 (F1) Unknown 99 99 45450093711	82.9% Excellent	Read 494 Write 353 Mixed 336 87% 394 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 69.6 4K Mixed 20.4 126% 43.9 MB/s	DQ Read 44.3 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 20.7 42% 81 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 308GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 159495968 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1614 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 24753793 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19754 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1506 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65584 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 71 52 487981085 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 150 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 61 61 79700 (C2) HDA temperature 29 48 55834574877 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 121092307960660 (F1) Unknown 100 253 17343735039 (F2) Unknown 100 253 169346950935	83.9% Excellent	Read 159 Write 134 Mixed 118 102% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 0.54 4K Mixed 0.25 71% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 256GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 97645856 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1805 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 10766404 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 17708 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1447 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 71 57 487981085 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 117 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 40 40 121314 (C2) HDA temperature 29 43 55834574877 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 19374597485666 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11688993543 (F2) Unknown 100 253 44217521911	62.9% Good	Read 109 Write 111 Mixed 103 81% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.14 60% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-439.A00LF 9905403-442.A00LF 9905403-439.A00LF 9905403-442.A00LF 16GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	56% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 19.6 MC Mixed 16.9 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 18.5 SC Mixed 19.4 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 67.3 59% 67.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 54%

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

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Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758)

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	479x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	344x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	248x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	141x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	135x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	124x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	60x
MX500 500GBCrucial $54Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	55x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	54x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	48x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	42x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 53%, 47,852 samples	35x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $280

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $176	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