MSI Z77A-G43 GAMING (MS-7758)

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	26.8% 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	40.4% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7758
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-G43 GAMING (MS-7758) (all builds)
Memory	3.5 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20131031
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 11 '17 at 15:26
Run Duration	300 Seconds
Run User	VNM-User
Background CPU	48%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2400-$250 166,255 User benchmarks, average bench 61% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	68.5% Good	Memory 78.4 1-Core 82.5 2-Core 160 63% 107 Pts	4-Core 350 8-Core 289 44% 319 Pts	64-Core 328 20% 328 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270-$140 47,409 User benchmarks, average bench 24% Asus(1043 048D) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	26.8% Poor	Lighting 33.8 Reflection 30.3 Parallax 41.2 28% 35.1 fps	MRender 26.9 Gravity 28.2 Splatting 35.3 25% 30.1 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 26.8% Great: 26%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZMPC032HBCD-00000 32GB 237 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM1201Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6557 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2996 (B1) Unknown 85 85 538 (B3) Unknown 90 90 76 (B4) Unknown 90 90 740 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 56 35 44 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 20 (EB) Unknown 99 99 353 (F1) Unknown 99 99 21117663563	40.4% Average	Read 366 Write 68.1 Mixed 121 40% 185 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 30.7 4K Mixed 10.7 58% 20.1 MB/s	DQ Read 165 DQ Write 32 DQ Mixed 23.5 37% 73.6 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 45%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 12GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 69492752 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1754 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 164744740 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8675 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1692 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 56 639434789 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 281 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 16415 (C2) HDA temperature 37 44 51539607589 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -47412143972758 (F1) Unknown 100 253 20012976228 (F2) Unknown 100 253 62259652565	77.2% Very good	Read 154 Write 115 Mixed 85.6 88% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.21 80% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 112%
Hitachi HDS721032CLA362 320GB-$150 10,092 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 9GB free Firmware: JPFOA3BF Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 66 0 (02) Throughput performance 127 100 130 (03) Spinup time 118 100 12897616067 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4542 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 136 100 32 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 39729 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 90 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4473 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 98 98 196607 (BB) vendor-specific 19 19 81 (BC) Unknown 100 68 60139442422 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 39 505741349 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 4816 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 4816 (C2) HDA temperature 162 100 261993857061 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 14	28% Poor	Read 48.8 Write 48.4 Mixed 9.89 26% 35.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.37 86% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 28% Great: 50%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$49 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 3GB free Firmware: 0001DEM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 126660288 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8561 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 174281880 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16168 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4167 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032882 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 46 605814820 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 380240 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 75 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 308787 (C2) HDA temperature 36 54 38654705700 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 117 99 126660288 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -91126321109345 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2630390848 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2155671978 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	29.2% Poor	Read 50.3 Write 51.6 Mixed 24.7 31% 42.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 0.34 4K Mixed 0.21 56% 0.39 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 29.2% Great: 58%
Toshiba MK3265GSX 320GB-$91 6,085 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 3GB free Firmware: GJ002H Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1305 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 4428 (05) Reallocated sector count 1 1 2046 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 8569 (0A) Spinup retry count 188 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3831 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 315 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 192 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 141510 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 206159282209 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 401 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 143 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 27 (DE) Loaded hours 91 91 3781 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 311 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	31.5% Below average	Read 52.4 Write 57 Mixed 6.85 28% 38.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.29 72% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 48%
Toshiba MK3265GSXW 320GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 2GB free Firmware: GJ003A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1526 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2648 (05) Reallocated sector count 1 1 2047 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 7495 (0A) Spinup retry count 152 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2315 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 293 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 93 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 137474 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 236224118817 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 285 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 82 (DE) Loaded hours 95 95 2047 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 315 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	24.3% Poor	Read 42.3 Write 42.2 Mixed 29.7 28% 38 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.29 77% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 24.3% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905470-009.A00Ls- 8325 FLFE85F-C8KM9 8325 FLFG45F-D8KM9 12GB 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	32.1% Below average	MC Read 11.2 MC Write 11.4 MC Mixed 10.2 31% 10.9 GB/s	SC Read 6.8 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 8.5 23% 8.1 GB/s	Latency 83.6 48% 83.6 ns

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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	21x
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 $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16