MSI Z77A-GD65 (MS-7751)

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


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 brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	38.3% 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	50.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7751
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-GD65 (MS-7751) (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120921
Uptime	39.4 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '18 at 02:50
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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 i5-3570K-$136 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	76.9% Very good	Memory 87.4 1-Core 99.5 2-Core 202 75% 130 Pts	4-Core 383 8-Core 391 52% 387 Pts	64-Core 394 24% 394 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 3967) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	38.3% Below average	Lighting 50.6 Reflection 46.5 Parallax 41.5 41% 46.2 fps	MRender 39.9 Gravity 42.6 Splatting 37.6 33% 40 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: 000F SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 72 45 40 32 13 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	Read 393 Write 192 Mixed 222 SusWrite 46.4 47% 213 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 85.6 4K Mixed 14.8 100% 41.4 MB/s	DQ Read 27.6 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 15 27% 51.4 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 72%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 238GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 259 321 334 339 340 341 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	74.5% Very good	Read 355 Write 324 Mixed 274 SusWrite 323 72% 319 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 49.5 4K Mixed 36.2 118% 38.5 MB/s	DQ Read 42.9 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 40.8 43% 68 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 134%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 85GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 73 45 42 29 15 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	49.6% Average	Read 125 Write 120 Mixed 79 SusWrite 47.7 69% 92.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 188% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 76%
WD Blue 250GB (2008)-$80 11,055 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 18GB free Firmware: 12.01B02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 41 41 40 40 40 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	25.5% Poor	Read 47.7 Write 49.3 Mixed 40.5 SusWrite 40.7 33% 44.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 25.5% Great: 61%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 134GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 132 133 131 131 131 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	Read 136 Write 132 Mixed 77.3 SusWrite 132 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 234% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 16,472 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	58.8% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 19.1 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 15.9 SC Mixed 18.1 48% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 63%

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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 Z77A-GD65 (MS-7751) Builds (Compare 610 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 59%

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Desktop 79%

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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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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $657

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 $184	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) $35	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