MSI Z77A-G41 (MS-7758)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	39% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

System	MSI MS-7758
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-G41 (MS-7758) (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120619
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '17 at 20:34
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 84 1-Core 119 2-Core 216 79% 140 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 594 68% 528 Pts	64-Core 594 37% 594 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 33GB free Firmware: DXT08B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7505 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2111 (B1) Unknown 98 98 21 (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 70 55 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 116 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5234106817	52.4% Above average	Read 264 Write 131 Mixed 145 40% 180 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 76.8 4K Mixed 10.5 97% 38.5 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 127 DQ Mixed 26.2 52% 107 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 73%
Intel X25-M 80GB 12,660 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2CV102M3 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 22539 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3824 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 339 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 476140 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 8580937 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 1 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 3964370657 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 95 95 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0	39% Below average	Read 255 Write 87.6 Mixed 110 33% 151 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 63.3 4K Mixed 6.94 75% 30.6 MB/s	DQ Read 22.4 DQ Write 82 DQ Mixed 6.09 18% 36.8 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 44%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 780GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 80 733 (03) Spinup time 70 70 9750 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5332 (05) Reallocated sector count 80 80 851 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12697 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4258 (0D) Soft read error rate 99 80 732 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 2633 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 79 65 353173525 (C2) HDA temperature 77 62 386727959 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 177107 (C4) Reallocation count 80 80 851 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (C8) Write error rate 99 99 408 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	31.7% Below average	Read 69.4 Write 40.6 Mixed 64.9 44% 58.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.38 91% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 58%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 368GB free Firmware: CR100-10 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 7360 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 14803 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 16222 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6713 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 53 30 (C2) HDA temperature 148 97 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 2063376 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 253 0	41.9% Average	Read 65 Write 81 Mixed 78.3 56% 74.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.39 95% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 44%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 336GB free Firmware: CR100-10 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 7552 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 15133 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 15673 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6710 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 131073 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 50 29 (C2) HDA temperature 151 88 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 27155244 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 93 93 2341	43.1% Average	Read 66.7 Write 83.3 Mixed 74 56% 74.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.3 71% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY8GX3M2A2400C11 859B BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 029E CMY8GX3M2A2400C11 859B BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 16GB 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	48.8% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 16.8 MC Mixed 15.1 46% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 17 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 73.4 54% 73.4 ns

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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	14x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	10x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $606

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	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