MSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758)

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% 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	84.1% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7758
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758) (all builds)
Memory	29.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140307
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '18 at 02:07
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770K-$175 165,979 User benchmarks, average bench 72% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.6 GHz, turbo 6.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 128 2-Core 246 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 646 70% 558 Pts	64-Core 648 40% 648 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3730) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 154 Parallax 129 114% 141 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 135 Splatting 113 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$46 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 399GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR010 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 16 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 8 (B4) Unknown 0 0 45 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 62 163208757281 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 269539782 (F7) Unknown 100 100 4406026 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2292574	84.1% Excellent	Read 530 Write 407 Mixed 427 101% 455 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 74.2 4K Mixed 22.1 120% 43.6 MB/s	DQ Read 41.4 DQ Write 79.4 DQ Mixed 22.3 28% 47.7 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 125%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 49508440 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1290 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 2793729 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 700 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 238 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 75 69 420675609 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 61 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3005 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 47244640281 (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 97796405330052 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4595346428 (F2) Unknown 100 253 109535312378	101% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 169 Mixed 172 132% 175 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.2 65% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 114%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 312GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 169 2183 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3987 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2423 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 674 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 213 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7453 (C2) HDA temperature 116 103 27 (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	94.6% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 141 Mixed 138 117% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 2.54 4K Mixed 0.2 107% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 029E CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 029E CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 029E CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 32GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1800, 1800, 1800, 1800 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	62.8% Good	MC Read 23.3 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 19.3 61% 21.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 21.3 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 64%

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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	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 $46Bench 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 $279	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 $182	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) $30	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