MSI Z77A-GD65 (MS-7751)

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 68.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	79.4% 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	46% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7751
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-GD65 (MS-7751) (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131009
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 05 '23 at 22:25
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing below expectations (36^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 below expectations (29^th percentile)	68.9% Good	Memory 88.7 1-Core 93 2-Core 170 70% 117 Pts	4-Core 266 8-Core 471 44% 368 Pts	64-Core 462 29% 462 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$239 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% MSI(1462 C758) CLim: 2265 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 528.02 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Lighting 100 Reflection 97.8 Parallax 92.2 82% 96.7 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 87.2 Splatting 78.4 75% 94.2 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 256GB-$400 12,355 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 29 36 36 32 31 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	46% Average	Read 294 Write 331 Mixed 203 SusWrite 31.8 48% 215 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 50.3 4K Mixed 26.9 96% 33.3 MB/s	DQ Read 29.4 DQ Write 90.8 DQ Mixed 36.9 35% 52.4 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 106%
Crucial MX500 2TB-$155 44,787 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 722GB free Firmware: M3CR033 SusWrite @10s intervals: 321 310 324 337 350 350 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	68.5% Good	Read 328 Write 316 Mixed 305 SusWrite 332 72% 320 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 46.4 4K Mixed 32 104% 34.6 MB/s	DQ Read 34.4 DQ Write 78.4 DQ Mixed 47.2 39% 53.3 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 125%
Samsung SP0812C 80GB 822 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 6GB free Firmware: SU100-34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 33 37 37 32 32 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	17.5% Very poor	Read 27.1 Write 35.8 Mixed 24.9 SusWrite 33.8 22% 30.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.6 107% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 17.5% Great: 32%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 5GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 34 34 35 34 35 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	18.6% Very poor	Read 52.6 Write 32.9 Mixed 23.4 SusWrite 34.3 45% 35.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 61% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 18.6% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 4x4GB 70 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 20.5 MC Mixed 18.5 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 18.7 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 63%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 59%

Gunboat

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 49%

Yacht

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	54x
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 $90Bench 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 $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