MSI Z77A-G41 (MS-7758)

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	81.9% 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	80.8% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7758
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-G41 (MS-7758) (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140307
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '17 at 15:58
Run Duration	231 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570 104,858 User benchmarks, average bench 65% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Memory 85.5 1-Core 114 2-Core 222 79% 140 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 430 58% 430 Pts	64-Core 439 27% 439 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 75%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3235) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.9% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 109 Parallax 99.4 85% 104 fps	MRender 92.8 Gravity 97.4 Splatting 90.1 76% 93.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 179GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 763 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 244 (B1) Unknown 99 99 8 (B3) Unknown 100 100 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 68 63 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 164 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4626300058	80.8% Excellent	Read 507 Write 406 Mixed 415 98% 443 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 79.4 4K Mixed 19.7 114% 43.4 MB/s	DQ Read 34.9 DQ Write 67.5 DQ Mixed 20.3 24% 40.9 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 124%
Seagate Expansion Desk 1.5TB 46 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 70GB free Firmware: 9401 Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	23.6% Poor	Read 39.6 Write 41.9 Mixed 39 30% 40.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 2.86 4K Mixed 0.3 102% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 23.6% Great: 64%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 46GB free Firmware: CC67 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 85785445 (03) Spinup time 98 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4184 (05) Reallocated sector count 98 98 100 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 79932822 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 29199 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 825 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 13 13 87 (BC) Unknown 100 98 8590065671 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 51 471597084 (C2) HDA temperature 28 49 17179869212 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 33 6 85785445 (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 -106253195909731 (F1) Unknown 100 253 644011908 (F2) Unknown 100 253 294886594	114% Outstanding	Read 203 Write 194 Mixed 154 137% 184 MB/s	4K Read 1.61 4K Write 5.13 4K Mixed 1.23 298% 2.65 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 70%
MB0500EBZQA 500GB 218 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 46GB free Firmware: HPG1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 63 171055766 (03) Spinup time 97 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 693 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 20 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 447111537 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 16801 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 99 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 421 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1937334512 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 49 505217054 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 383 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 696 (C2) HDA temperature 30 51 77309411358 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 118 99 171055766 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 20 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	111% Outstanding	Read 205 Write 182 Mixed 169 139% 185 MB/s	4K Read 1.72 4K Write 4.93 4K Mixed 0.97 271% 2.54 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 84%
MB0500EBNCR 500GB 887 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 46GB free Firmware: HPG2 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 33 (03) Spinup time 171 170 2425 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1193 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 23768 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 592 (B4) Unknown 200 200 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 80 23 (BC) Unknown 100 91 10 (BE) vendor-specific 70 60 30 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 540 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 652 (C2) HDA temperature 113 103 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	112% Outstanding	Read 201 Write 188 Mixed 146 133% 178 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 4.21 4K Mixed 1.2 278% 2.34 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 78%
Toshiba StorE HDD 1TB 259 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 35GB free, PID 0b15 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	19.3% Very poor	Read 36.3 Write 37.3 Mixed 32.9 46% 35.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.34 78% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 19.3% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMX8GX3M2B1600C9 029E CM3X2G1600C9B6 029E CMX8GX3M2B1600C9 029E CM3X2G1600C9B6 12GB 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	50.9% Above average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 16.1 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 16.7 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 71.6 56% 71.6 ns

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Gaming 36%

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Desktop 76%

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Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G41 (MS-7758) - $232

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	194x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	119x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	101x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	63x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	46x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	36x

SSD
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	25x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	19x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	19x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	17x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	15x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	10x

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Total price: $606

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