MSI Z77MA-G45 (MS-7759)

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 71.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	80.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	63.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7759
Motherboard	MSI Z77MA-G45 (MS-7759) (all builds)
Memory	28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131024
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 28 '17 at 01:46
Run Duration	339 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	38%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	71.3% Very good	Memory 84.1 1-Core 98.9 2-Core 192 72% 125 Pts	4-Core 316 8-Core 473 49% 394 Pts	64-Core 372 23% 372 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 1996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.1% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 107 Parallax 99.9 83% 103 fps	MRender 92.3 Gravity 96 Splatting 87.3 75% 91.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GS 240GB-$261 4,179 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.05A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 110 30285694 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 -78804059935765 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3263 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 271 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 31 42 51542360095 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 30285694 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 30285694 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 30285694 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 33633 (EA) Unknown 0 0 28512 (F1) Unknown 0 0 28512 (F2) Unknown 0 0 28516	63.3% Good	Read 364 Write 247 Mixed 229 62% 280 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 82.2 4K Mixed 12.9 98% 40.1 MB/s	DQ Read 34.7 DQ Write 212 DQ Mixed 14 43% 86.7 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 93%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC25 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 118 99 173204720 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2267 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 78974729 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5832 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1325 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 73 61 454754331 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 50 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 72 72 56777 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 42949672987 (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 -114692806669256 (F1) Unknown 100 253 43569497007 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1320127384197
Poor: 56% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC25 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 115 99 95422344 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2119 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 77381264162 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5379 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1208 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 73 63 454754331 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 37 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 74 74 52564 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 51539607579 (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 -9272834389202 (F1) Unknown 100 253 39286152743 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1475404503123
Poor: 56% Great: 113%
Marvell Raid VD 2TB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 1.5TB free Firmware: MV.R Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value	103% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 175 Mixed 177 135% 179 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.37 108% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 100%
Marvell Raid VD 2TB 300 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 694GB free Firmware: MV.R Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value	78.5% Very good	Read 144 Write 129 Mixed 118 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.16 4K Write 2.91 4K Mixed 0.66 176% 1.58 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 199%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 263GB free Firmware: 0 Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	38.8% Below average	Read 69.2 Write 65.6 Mixed 57.7 48% 64.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.35 101% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 43%
Initio Ini-3910 750GB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 501GB free, PID 3910 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	36.3% Below average	Read 85.7 Write 87.7 Mixed 88 113% 87.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.23 61% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 41%
Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 1TB 3,701 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 327GB free, PID 5031 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	24.2% Poor	Read 66.3 Write 62.4 Mixed 27.1 62% 51.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 0.28 4K Mixed 0.14 16% 0.29 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 24.2% Great: 38%
Initio Ini-3910 750GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 175GB free, PID null Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	40% Below average	Read 97.9 Write 94.6 Mixed 71.6 111% 88 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.25 66% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 01BA 8GBH2X04E99927-15 029E CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 01BA 8GBH2X04E99927-15 32GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.3% Above average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 19 MC Mixed 16.3 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 16.7 SC Mixed 15.8 46% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 73.2 55% 73.2 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 58%

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Gaming 25%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 20%

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Motherboard: MSI Z77MA-G45 (MS-7759)

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	66x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	48x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	46x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	20x
RX 580AMD $120Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	18x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	16x

SSD
870 EVO 500GBSamsung $72Bench 104%, 60,851 samples	12x
MX500 1TBCrucial $88Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	11x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	7x

RAM
Sniper DDR3 2133 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 1,053 samples	17x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	9x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 50%, 27,024 samples	9x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $266

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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