MSI Z77A-G45 Thunderbolt (MS-7752)

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	22.3% 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	51.3% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7752
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-G45 Thunderbolt (MS-7752) (all builds)
Memory	16.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120921
Uptime	5.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 16 '17 at 05:34
Run Duration	259 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770-$297 278,207 User benchmarks, average bench 69% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 85.6 1-Core 114 2-Core 228 80% 142 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 415 58% 431 Pts	64-Core 413 26% 413 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 76%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GeForce GT 520 16,336 User benchmarks, average bench 2% EVGA(3842 1526) 1GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 250 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	1.76% Terrible	Lighting 2.23 Reflection 2.58 Parallax 1.78 2% 2.2 fps	MRender 2.19 Gravity 2.23 Splatting 1.7 2% 2.04 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.76% Great: 2%
Intel HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)-$15 52,547 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 2111) 2.2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4358 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% EVGA(3842 2662) 2GB CLim: 1280 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	22.3% Poor	Lighting 25.9 Reflection 26 Parallax 32 21% 28 fps	MRender 33.9 Gravity 30.1 Splatting 27.2 24% 30.4 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 22.3% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 339GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8297 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 42 (A5) Unknown 100 100 416726713812 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 44 (A8) Unknown 100 100 16 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1220 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4 (AE) Unknown 100 100 24 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 55 62 266289479725 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 4509719397402 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4824 (EA) Unknown 100 100 30579 (F1) Unknown 253 253 21768 (F2) Unknown 253 253 218200 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	51.3% Above average	Read 494 Write 157 Mixed 205 62% 285 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 31.5 4K Mixed 9.47 73% 23.3 MB/s	DQ Read 24.7 DQ Write 28.1 DQ Mixed 8 11% 20.3 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 107%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 140GB free Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 160 100 928 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 56 (A6) Unknown 100 100 8 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 59 (A9) Unknown 100 100 40 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 47 (AE) Unknown 100 100 22 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 52 100 266287972400 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 11213 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1271 (F2) Unknown 253 253 18615	84.3% Excellent	Read 516 Write 367 Mixed 413 96% 432 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 4.49 113% 49.4 MB/s	DQ Read 174 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 4.26 68% 157 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda Pro 6TB (2016)-$149 321 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 3.5TB free Firmware: DN03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 64 176407466 (03) Spinup time 87 85 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 284 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 90 60 1062727652 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 84391812404790 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 9 (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 53 48 857407535 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 888 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 14238 (C2) HDA temperature 47 52 103079215151 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 176407466 (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 129828271427795 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8023149143 (F2) Unknown 100 253 23721629522	85.3% Excellent	Read 180 Write 117 Mixed 119 104% 139 MB/s	4K Read 2.41 4K Write 1.05 4K Mixed 0.29 152% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 118%
WD easystore 25FA 4TB 7,384 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 3.5TB free, PID 25fa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	43.8% Average	Read 120 Write 102 Mixed 78.5 123% 100 MB/s	4K Read 1.41 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.11 51% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 63%
Seagate BUP BK 4TB 970 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 2TB free, PID ab28 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	49.9% Average	Read 86.5 Write 111 Mixed 45.8 103% 81.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 4.25 4K Mixed 0.44 161% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 3,072 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	57% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 18.1 56% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 17.9 50% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 71.5 56% 71.5 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 61%

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Typical Z77A-G45 Thunderbolt (MS-7752) Builds (Compare 88 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 25%

Raft

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 21%

Surfboard

Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G45 Thunderbolt (MS-7752)

CPU
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	21x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	18x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	13x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	10x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	6x
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	5x

SSD
Blue SA510 2.5 1000GBWDBench 90%, 3,795 samples	7x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	5x
860 QVO 1TBSamsung $109Bench 89%, 201,200 samples	5x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	5x
RipjawsZ DDR3 2133 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 73%, 3,160 samples	5x
K66GKY-ETF Micron 16JTF51264AZ-1G4M1 K66GKY-ETF Samsung M378B5273CH0-CH9 24GBKingstonBench 46%, 5 samples	4x

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Value: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $234

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $23	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16