MSI Big Bang-XPower II (MS-7737)

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	73.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	57.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7737
Motherboard	MSI Big Bang-XPower II (MS-7737) (all builds)
Memory	21.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130221
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Mar 18 '17 at 13:50
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3930K-$280 33,172 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Memory 84.2 1-Core 101 2-Core 196 73% 127 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 597 62% 496 Pts	64-Core 739 46% 739 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.9% Very good	Lighting 94.3 Reflection 96.6 Parallax 94.3 77% 95.1 fps	MRender 82.4 Gravity 86.7 Splatting 81.4 68% 83.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 17878 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 750 (B1) Unknown 97 97 28 (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 62 54 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 256 (F1) Unknown 99 99 43567872598	57.7% Above average	Read 366 Write 235 Mixed 251 63% 284 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 40.3 4K Mixed 17 92% 29.8 MB/s	DQ Read 33.8 DQ Write 43.6 DQ Mixed 16.4 19% 31.3 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 126%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 146 140 9666 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5759 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21252 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2518 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 785 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 187 187 39248 (C2) HDA temperature 122 96 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 67 67 65369 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 2	74.1% Very good	Read 139 Write 120 Mixed 118 94% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.17 91% 1 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 83%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 146 141 11658 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 824 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5290 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 562 (10) Unknown 1 199 27512079106 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 124 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 699 (C2) HDA temperature 115 107 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	98.2% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 164 Mixed 151 123% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 3.01 4K Mixed 0.25 114% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 100%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 745GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 180 5766 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1966 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4533 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 564 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 126 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 16704 (C2) HDA temperature 118 109 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	54.2% Above average	Read 107 Write 81.7 Mixed 86.5 69% 91.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.19 92% 1 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ16GX3M2A16 CMZ16GX3M2A16 CML16GX3M2A16 CML16GX3M2A16 32GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	42.1% Average	MC Read 15.8 MC Write 13.7 MC Mixed 13.4 41% 14.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 13 SC Mixed 11 35% 12.2 GB/s	Latency 73.1 55% 73.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 80%

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Gaming 30%

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Desktop 80%

Battleship

Workstation 27%

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Motherboard: MSI Big Bang-XPower II (MS-7737) - $305

CPU
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	38x
Core i7-4930KIntel $90Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	25x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	17x

GPU
GTX 680Nvidia $360Bench 32%, 38,995 samples	8x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	7x
GTX 770Nvidia $279Bench 34%, 116,895 samples	6x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	5x
Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2019)WD $74Bench 277%, 114,373 samples	5x
SU635 480GBAdata $40Bench 71%, 5,092 samples	5x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GBKingstonBench 78%, 249 samples	5x
Dominator DDR3 4x8GBCorsairBench 113%, 17 samples	4x
F3 DDR3 1600 C10 8x8GBG.SKILLBench 81%, 72 samples	4x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	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