MSI Z77A-G41 (MS-7758)

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 75.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	8.57% 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.
Boot Drive	41.8% 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 (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7758
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-G41 (MS-7758) (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140307
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 13 '17 at 23:28
Run Duration	367 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3470-$59 223,595 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	Memory 89.4 1-Core 96.9 2-Core 192 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 362 48% 360 Pts	64-Core 379 24% 379 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 260-$250 11,945 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Device(0000 0000) 896MB Ram: 896MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	8.57% Terrible	Lighting 11.7 Reflection 9.42 Parallax 5.25 10% 8.8 fps	MRender 9.24 Gravity 9.07 Splatting 6.65 7% 8.32 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.57% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 175 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 119 (64) Unknown 100 100 405936 (65) Unknown 100 100 119088 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 24 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 239 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 673 (B7) Unknown 100 100 5 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 29 100 150325035037 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 4 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 4 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 713 (EA) Unknown 100 100 543 (F1) Unknown 100 100 650 (F2) Unknown 100 100 489 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 4	41.8% Average	Read 464 Write 181 Mixed 208 62% 284 MB/s	4K Read 2.91 4K Write 24.7 4K Mixed 5.24 24% 10.9 MB/s	DQ Read 125 DQ Write 97.3 DQ Mixed 16.8 38% 79.7 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 718GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 79 64 88761046 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 36 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 270467 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 171 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 36 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 63 488112157 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 36 (C2) HDA temperature 29 19 81604378653 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 5 1 88761046 (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 120125940301995 (F1) Unknown 100 253 451096906 (F2) Unknown 100 253 54654759	83.1% Excellent	Read 141 Write 149 Mixed 131 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.04 4K Write 0.22 4K Mixed 0.04 10% 0.1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 113%
WDC WD5000BEKT-6 500GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 293GB free, PID 1068 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	20.5% Poor	Read 39.3 Write 38.2 Mixed 18.3 39% 31.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.36 85% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 20.5% Great: 21%
JetFlash Transcend 32GB 11,405 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 2GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	5.8% Terrible	Read 25.6 Write 3.7 Mixed 6.27 11% 11.9 MB/s	4K Read 5.31 4K Write 0.006 4K Mixed 0.006 20% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.8% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 1,904 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 20.3 MC Mixed 18.5 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 15 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 61%

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Gaming 36%

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Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G41 (MS-7758) - $232

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	194x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	119x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	101x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	63x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	46x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	36x

SSD
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	25x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	19x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	19x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	17x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	14x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	10x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $606

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