MSI Z77 MPower (MS-7751)

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	81.6% 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	53% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

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System	MSI MS-7751
Motherboard	MSI Z77 MPower (MS-7751) (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131030
Uptime	8.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 29 '18 at 08:33
Run Duration	262 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing as expected (49^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-$136 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Memory 83.2 1-Core 117 2-Core 232 80% 144 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 424 58% 433 Pts	64-Core 426 26% 426 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)-$15 52,547 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 2111) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4358 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3307) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.6% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 113 Parallax 97.9 82% 104 fps	MRender 96.8 Gravity 95.9 Splatting 100 80% 97.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 240GB-$199 10,165 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 105 10965716 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 55 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 -18425409670590 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2748 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1686 (B1) Unknown 0 0 6 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 0 0 19989 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 10965716 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 55 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 10965716 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 10965716 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 34246 (EA) Unknown 0 0 33618 (F1) Unknown 0 0 33618 (F2) Unknown 0 0 61139	53% Above average	Read 196 Write 164 Mixed 120 36% 160 MB/s	4K Read 18.3 4K Write 90.4 4K Mixed 15.6 96% 41.4 MB/s	DQ Read 137 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 41.4 65% 122 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 66%
OCZ ARC 100 240GB-$120 11,799 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 75GB free Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11540 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2842 (AB) Unknown 100 100 81771344 (AE) Unknown 100 100 370 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 319 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 90 90 90 (F1) Unknown 100 100 15141 (F2) Unknown 100 100 23238 (F9) Unknown 100 100 877821132	88.1% Excellent	Read 452 Write 413 Mixed 426 96% 431 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 97 4K Mixed 27.9 127% 50.4 MB/s	DQ Read 27.5 DQ Write 268 DQ Mixed 67.7 76% 121 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 101%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$33 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 241GB free Firmware: SC13 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 103634956 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 40 40 62176 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 202324892 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 31187 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3025 (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 74 50 437387290 (C2) HDA temperature 26 50 60129542170 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 55 25 103634956 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	45.4% Average	Read 80.3 Write 77.7 Mixed 76.8 59% 78.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.31 76% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 60%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$49 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 169GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 131 128 4433 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4413 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 15299 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2202 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 319 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4093 (C2) HDA temperature 118 106 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	55.3% Above average	Read 73.1 Write 119 Mixed 111 77% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.24 77% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 87%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 320GB-$59 5,970 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 128GB free Firmware: GM3OA52A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 128 128 161 (03) Spinup time 112 112 25792282965 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 13323 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 131 131 29 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 47787 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 6198 (C0) Power-off retract count 89 89 14349 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 14349 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 219044053020 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1	31% Below average	Read 54.6 Write 53.4 Mixed 57.7 42% 55.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.29 69% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 31% Great: 46%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 250GB-$44 9,759 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 21GB free Firmware: GM2OA5CA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 98 98 5 (02) Throughput performance 131 131 146 (03) Spinup time 106 106 12897484992 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 11421 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 122 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 134 134 28 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 41222 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 6466 (C0) Power-off retract count 90 90 12346 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 12346 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 197569151005 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 192 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	34.1% Below average	Read 55.6 Write 63 Mixed 62 46% 60.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.28 76% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 34.1% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLT2G3D1608DT2TXRG 859B BLT2G3D1608DT2TXRG 0616 DDR3-1600 CL9 4GB 0616 DDR3-1600 CL9 4GB 12GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	36.7% Below average	MC Read 12.3 MC Write 12.4 MC Mixed 11.2 34% 12 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 12.7 SC Mixed 12 35% 12.1 GB/s	Latency 74.8 54% 74.8 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 42%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 33%

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Motherboard: MSI Z77 MPower (MS-7751) - $444

CPU
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	228x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	138x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	94x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	65x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	43x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	41x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	24x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	20x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	19x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	12x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	11x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	10x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $895

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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