MSI Z77A-GD65 (MS-7751)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, GPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Very high background CPU (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7751
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-GD65 (MS-7751) (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20121102
Uptime	3.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 05 '14 at 13:29
Run Duration	324 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	52%

PC Performing as expected (47^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 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 82.7 2-Core 155 54% 119 Pts	4-Core 285 8-Core 434 45% 360 Pts	64-Core 477 30% 477 Pts
Poor: 56% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 181GB free Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 64267493 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 100 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 19 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 50666859 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 34929 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 3 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 71 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 135 (BE) vendor-specific 68 48 706281504 (C2) HDA temperature 32 52 68719476768 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 33 25 64267493 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	78% Very good	Read 503 Write 312 Mixed 230 77% 348 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 49.7 4K Mixed 18.2 98% 33.2 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 170 DQ Mixed 57.4 88% 170 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 118%
OCZ VERTEX-LE 240GB 53GB free Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 190366128 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 401 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 223420459 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8223 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 286 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032834 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 69 49 638844959 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 188 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 27522 (C2) HDA temperature 31 51 47244640287 (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 -44912473007000 (F1) Unknown 100 253 105112685926564 (F2) Unknown 100 253 23462936271844	42% Average	Read 194 Write 95.6 Mixed 115 30% 135 MB/s	4K Read 17.2 4K Write 57.1 4K Mixed 18 79% 30.8 MB/s	DQ Read 108 DQ Write 95.5 DQ Mixed 37 45% 80.1 MB/s

WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 176 6141 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 36 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 482 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 22 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 15718 (C2) HDA temperature 119 114 31 (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	67.7% Good	Read 113 Write 123 Mixed 119 89% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.52 4K Mixed 0.19 106% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 83%
Seagate ST31000333AS 1TB-$750 12,067 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 19GB free Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	33.7% Below average	Read 55.2 Write 62.2 Mixed 60 45% 59.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.32 76% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 66%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 11GB free Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 37303488 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1264 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 139044177 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 18291 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 495 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 16 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 57 4917362722 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 291 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1267 (C2) HDA temperature 34 43 -140737488355294 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 15 6 37303488 (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 124021475656050 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1289917879 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3645313419
Poor: 56% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 7GB free Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 98004277 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 65979287616000 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 489 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 151 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 115 99 98004277 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 12480 (EA) Unknown 0 0 18048 (F1) Unknown 0 0 18048 (F2) Unknown 0 0 15808	59.5% Above average	Read 101 Write 107 Mixed 95.3 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.25 4K Write 0.67 4K Mixed 0.49 77% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 75%
USB Flash Drive 32GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 7GB free, PID 2005 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 102 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 6 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 67 65 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 3 (EB) Unknown 99 99 4 (F1) Unknown 99 99 289904494	16.3% Very poor	Read 42.3 Write 32.6 Mixed 18.2 36% 31 MB/s	4K Read 5.44 4K Write 0.58 4K Mixed 0.44 55% 2.15 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 16.3% Great: 37%
Lexar JumpDrive S73 USB 3.0 32GB-$15 655 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 4GB free, PID a205 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	16.4% Very poor	Read 43.7 Write 34.9 Mixed 21.6 40% 33.4 MB/s	4K Read 6.49 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.33 46% 2.38 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 16.4% Great: 16%

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Workstation 49%

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Motherboard: MSI Z77A-GD65 (MS-7751) - $250

CPU
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	240x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	160x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	76x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	53x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	41x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	29x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	24x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	19x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	19x

RAM
CT102464BD160B.C16 2x8GBCrucialBench 53%, 4,052 samples	16x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	15x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	14x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	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

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