MSI Z77A-G45 (MS-7752)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 75.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.23% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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 (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7752
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-G45 (MS-7752) (all builds)
Memory	1.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130228
Uptime	11 Days
Run Date	Aug 24 '17 at 01:49
Run Duration	622 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	Memory 88.9 1-Core 96 2-Core 193 73% 126 Pts	4-Core 366 8-Core 354 48% 360 Pts	64-Core 361 22% 361 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5750 12,403 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Sapphire(174B E160) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	5.23% Terrible	Lighting 6.77 Reflection 5.65 Parallax 5.53 6% 5.98 fps	MRender 5.33 Gravity 4.83 Splatting 6.57 5% 5.58 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 5.23% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$60 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 97 97 222382650 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11308 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 55 317909355999 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 28324 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 78 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 345 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 59 53 327140835369 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 44 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 57 57 87900 (C2) HDA temperature 41 47 -140737488355287 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 16 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 16 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -137361644056321 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14346272628 (F2) Unknown 100 253 34902077378	94.2% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 164 Mixed 155 121% 161 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.36 104% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 113%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 11,776 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1TB free Firmware: 9401 Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	46.7% Average	Read 80.3 Write 80.8 Mixed 71.9 58% 77.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 5.6 4K Mixed 0.31 160% 2.14 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 87%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 83GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 99 0 (03) Spinup time 76 76 7990 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7469 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 54253 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 431 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 48 605945890 (C2) HDA temperature 66 47 622395426 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 289079088 (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 11 (C8) Write error rate 100 26 89 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0	40.7% Average	Read 67.3 Write 74.3 Mixed 68.8 53% 70.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.4 100% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 62%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 50GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 162 161 8858 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13795 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 28 28 52976 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 375 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 238 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 145 145 167703 (C2) HDA temperature 111 101 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	43% Average	Read 87.4 Write 62.2 Mixed 66.8 54% 72.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.19 70% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 67%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 40GB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 198634917 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 15897 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 45 45 919129738395 (09) Power-on hours count 39 39 53754 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 37 950 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 95 55835492369 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 54 656212005 (C2) HDA temperature 37 46 55834574885 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 38 31 198634917 (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 6665789271646 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1750576199 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2249713733	39.2% Below average	Read 70.5 Write 66.1 Mixed 65.9 51% 67.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.29 69% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 61%
Generic MS/MS-Pro/HG 0GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 12GB free, PID 1345 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	7.63% Terrible	Read 19.4 Write 14.6 Mixed 13.8 20% 15.9 MB/s	4K Read 5.56 4K Write 0.11 4K Mixed 1.98 92% 2.55 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 7.63% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C11 2x4GB 6,575 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	55.2% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 17.7 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 15.6 SC Mixed 9.4 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 77%

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

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Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G45 (MS-7752)

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	529x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	225x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	166x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	102x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	97x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	63x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	43x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	40x
840 120GBSamsung $109Bench 61%, 51,792 samples	38x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	29x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	28x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	27x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $328

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $250	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	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