MSI Z77 MPower (MS-7751)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (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.
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 74.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	66.4% 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 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7751
Motherboard	MSI Z77 MPower (MS-7751) (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20131030
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 26 '18 at 22:28
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (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 i5-3470-$59 223,595 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	Memory 81.6 1-Core 105 2-Core 208 75% 132 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 411 53% 400 Pts	64-Core 412 26% 412 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 71%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 135GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J SusWrite @10s intervals: 237 106 105 75 71 77 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	66.4% Good	Read 472 Write 418 Mixed 150 SusWrite 112 64% 288 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 63.6 4K Mixed 28.6 102% 37.6 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 138 120% 184 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 196GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 109 106 108 109 108 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	69.8% Good	Read 136 Write 124 Mixed 74.8 SusWrite 107 81% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 119% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$78 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 153GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 57 55 55 56 59 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	47.1% Average	Read 109 Write 100 Mixed 59.7 SusWrite 55.3 60% 80.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 115% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 185GB free Firmware: CC4H SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 112 94 110 99 111 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	53.3% Above average	Read 80.8 Write 102 Mixed 50.8 SusWrite 105 62% 84.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.5 95% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 292GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 125 117 121 125 121 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	Read 137 Write 142 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 122 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 114%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$146 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 159GB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 185 180 175 181 183 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 164 Mixed 56.3 SusWrite 181 103% 142 MB/s	4K Read 4 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.1 328% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905474-043.A00LF Samsung M378B5273CH0-CH9 9905474-043.A00LF Samsung M378B5273CH0-CH9 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	50.7% Above average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 16.5 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 15.6 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 77.6 52% 77.6 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 51%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z77 MPower (MS-7751) Builds (Compare 558 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 40%

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Desktop 79%

Battleship

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	136x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	94x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	64x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	43x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	41x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	23x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	20x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	18x

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: $899

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	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