MSI Z77A-G45 (MS-7752)

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	7.2% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	93.9% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

22 months ago, 18 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7752
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-G45 (MS-7752) (all builds)
Memory	1.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130929
Uptime	10.4 Days
Run Date	Oct 27 '22 at 21:38
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (51^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, turbo 5.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Memory 91.4 1-Core 106 2-Core 201 77% 133 Pts	4-Core 343 8-Core 366 47% 354 Pts	64-Core 358 22% 358 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 740 30,433 User benchmarks, average bench 7% MSI(1462 8A9E) 2GB CLim: 1006 MHz, MLim: 445 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 473.81 Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	7.2% Terrible	Lighting 8.4 Reflection 8.1 Parallax 11 7% 9.17 fps	MRender 8.4 Gravity 11.3 Splatting 9.2 8% 9.63 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.2% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GB 97,462 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 215GB free (System drive) Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 350 365 426 257 388 246 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Read 438 Write 437 Mixed 238 SusWrite 338 81% 363 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 62.6 4K Mixed 40.3 127% 43.6 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 151 168% 286 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 111%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 303GB free Firmware: KC48 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 77 78 77 72 71 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	52.5% Above average	Read 108 Write 106 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 74.8 65% 87.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 137% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 88%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 4TB 165 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 127 136 136 138 137 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	61.1% Good	Read 79.3 Write 129 Mixed 69.3 SusWrite 134 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 72% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 1600 2x4GB 3,616 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	52.6% Above average	MC Read 18.6 MC Write 18.8 MC Mixed 16.5 51% 18 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 16.7 SC Mixed 15.6 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 65.1 61% 65.1 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 60%

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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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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G45 (MS-7752)

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	527x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	225x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	165x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	102x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	97x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	63x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	42x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	40x
840 120GBSamsung $109Bench 61%, 51,792 samples	38x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	29x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	28x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	27x

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Total price: $332

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16