MSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	28.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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-G43 (MS-7758) (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120220
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '18 at 21:35
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3550-$335 23,599 User benchmarks, average bench 69% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Memory 90.1 1-Core 111 2-Core 220 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 433 8-Core 429 58% 431 Pts	64-Core 428 26% 428 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7870-$203 42,130 User benchmarks, average bench 26% MSI(1462 2740) 2GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1200 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.12.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	28.9% Poor	Lighting 36.6 Reflection 33 Parallax 44.6 30% 38.1 fps	MRender 28.7 Gravity 31.1 Splatting 37.5 27% 32.4 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 28.9% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$39 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 375GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0006HPM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 224642071 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5205 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 28 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 116181055370 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13221 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 37 5132 (B7) Unknown 100 253 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BC) Unknown 100 98 4295032854 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 29 14410203660322 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 86 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 123 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 38 38 124323 (C2) HDA temperature 34 71 21474836514 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 41 35 224642071 (C4) Reallocation count 99 99 28 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	47.8% Average	Read 88.2 Write 78.4 Mixed 85.5 63% 84 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.35 75% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 58%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 205GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 111 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 69 68 9658 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1954 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 30492 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1360 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 5 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 48 223339020317 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 7 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 67 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 2112	61.6% Good	Read 91.3 Write 123 Mixed 108 81% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.46 114% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HP698650-154-KEB 4x4GB 238 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 18.5 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 18.8 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 67 60% 67 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 60%

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

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Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758)

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	478x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	343x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	248x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	141x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	135x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	124x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	60x
MX500 500GBCrucial $48Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	55x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	54x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	48x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	42x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 53%, 47,852 samples	35x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $280

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	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) $35	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