MSI Z77A-G43 GAMING (MS-7758)

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	104% 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	62.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7758
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-G43 GAMING (MS-7758) (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131031
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 20 '18 at 01:24
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Memory 92.1 1-Core 97.1 2-Core 196 75% 128 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 380 51% 382 Pts	64-Core 387 24% 387 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 859B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 146 Parallax 125 109% 135 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 130 Splatting 109 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 109GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd 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 99 99 2796 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 939 (B1) Unknown 98 98 29 (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 56 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 36 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14173052726	62.5% Good	Read 268 Write 212 Mixed 214 51% 231 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 52.8 4K Mixed 27.3 108% 36.7 MB/s	DQ Read 107 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 19.2 46% 94.3 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 555GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 167 2291 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1427 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2153 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 755 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 38 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1389 (C2) HDA temperature 117 104 26 (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	104% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 164 Mixed 154 130% 173 MB/s	4K Read 1.15 4K Write 2.61 4K Mixed 0.36 136% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 16,567 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	53.8% Above average	MC Read 18 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 18.5 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 11.8 SC Mixed 10.3 35% 12.3 GB/s	Latency 63.9 63% 63.9 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 62%

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Typical Z77A-G43 GAMING (MS-7758) Builds (Compare 99 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 28%

Raft

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 24%

Surfboard

Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G43 GAMING (MS-7758)

CPU
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	20x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	18x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	18x

GPU
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	9x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	8x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	7x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	12x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	5x
CS3030 1TB SSDPNYBench 228%, 12,276 samples	4x

RAM
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 04CD F3-10666CL9-4GBNT Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 04CD F3-10666CL9-4GBNT 20GBUnknownBench 54%, 5 samples	5x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBCorsairBench 51%, 10,124 samples	4x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBCorsairBench 50%, 20,728 samples	4x

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Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $453

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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