MSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758)

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	99.4% 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	94.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7758
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758) (all builds)
Memory	0.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140307
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 16 '18 at 19:48
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Memory 92.9 1-Core 86.1 2-Core 161 69% 113 Pts	4-Core 270 8-Core 411 42% 341 Pts	64-Core 437 27% 437 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.4% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 133 Parallax 127 101% 128 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 137 Splatting 107 96% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 172GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5548 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1225 (B1) Unknown 99 99 8 (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 56 48 44 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 132 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12089815546	94.7% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 407 Mixed 410 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 59.9 4K Mixed 40.6 134% 44.7 MB/s	DQ Read 208 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 73.2 81% 140 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 134%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 626GB free Firmware: 0707 Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	23% Poor	Read 40.6 Write 38.2 Mixed 34.5 28% 37.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 4.05 4K Mixed 0.42 155% 1.76 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 23% Great: 66%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 107GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 172 2316 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3536 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5531 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1163 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 202 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10515 (C2) HDA temperature 102 88 41 (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	68.7% Good	Read 119 Write 120 Mixed 107 87% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1.13 4K Write 2.27 4K Mixed 0.3 122% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 109%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 86GB free Firmware: 20.01H20 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 138 136 4091 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5167 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10421 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2471 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 452 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 161 161 119150 (C2) HDA temperature 102 96 41 (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 (F0) Head flying hours 93 93 5243 (F1) Unknown 200 200 9286568762 (F2) Unknown 200 200 18328411617	67.5% Good	Read 121 Write 115 Mixed 112 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.43 100% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 73,650 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.1% Average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 16 MC Mixed 15.5 47% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 12.4 SC Mixed 11.8 33% 11.6 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 62%

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758)

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	479x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	344x
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 $54Bench 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 $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