MSI Z77A-G41 (MS-7758)

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 77.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	106% 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	52.1% 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7758
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-G41 (MS-7758) (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140307
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 03 '24 at 17:29
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570K-$50 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Memory 84.2 1-Core 106 2-Core 212 76% 134 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 400 55% 407 Pts	64-Core 403 25% 403 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Asus(1043 872F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 552.22 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 113 Parallax 128 107% 124 fps	MRender 180 Gravity 120 Splatting 107 108% 136 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7LF128HCHP-00000 128GB 1,148 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: FXT0101Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 58 58 62 58 62 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	52.1% Above average	Read 484 Write 57.9 Mixed 99.2 SusWrite 58.8 38% 175 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 23.6 4K Mixed 21.9 81% 24 MB/s	DQ Read 174 DQ Write 24.4 DQ Mixed 44.7 46% 80.9 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 61%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 306GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 95 93 95 95 94 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Read 126 Write 98 Mixed 23.4 SusWrite 94.7 62% 85.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 124% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 75%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 465GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 123 123 127 127 126 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	Read 122 Write 126 Mixed 71.4 SusWrite 123 81% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya M2F8G64CB8HB5N-DI 2x8GB 1,721 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.9% Below average	MC Read 9.6 MC Write 11.3 MC Mixed 9.2 29% 10 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 11.6 SC Mixed 11.1 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 73.5 54% 73.5 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 60%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	29	7	120	31.5"	1280 720	SAM0FDE C32JG5x

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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 $50Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	198x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	122x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	105x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	64x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	48x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	36x

SSD
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	25x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	20x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $520

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16