MSI Z77A-GD65 GAMING (MS-7751)

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 75.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	82.1% 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	46.4% 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 (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7751
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-GD65 GAMING (MS-7751) (all builds)
Memory	26 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130715
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 17 '17 at 16:47
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing as expected (44^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 above expectations (69^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	Memory 89.2 1-Core 90.2 2-Core 184 71% 121 Pts	4-Core 342 8-Core 410 49% 376 Pts	64-Core 517 32% 517 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 75.1% 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 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.1% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 111 Parallax 112 85% 109 fps	MRender 94.3 Gravity 97.5 Splatting 89.8 76% 93.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 278GB free Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3155 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 428 (A5) Unknown 100 100 30088495418 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 34 (A8) Unknown 100 100 18 (A9) Unknown 100 100 555 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 11 (AE) Unknown 100 100 23 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 51 219044511781 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 382272602425 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 5176 (EA) Unknown 100 100 6438 (F1) Unknown 253 253 6056 (F2) Unknown 253 253 3862 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	54.3% Above average	Read 323 Write 234 Mixed 227 58% 261 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 32 4K Mixed 12 66% 22 MB/s	DQ Read 231 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 9.84 52% 121 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 108%
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i 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 0 0 -41274634807294 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1742 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1692 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 107 107 14960904 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1692 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 461008 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 48 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 461008 (F2) Unknown 100 100 429455 (F9) Unknown 100 100 17277	46.4% Average	Read 372 Write 137 Mixed 211 53% 240 MB/s	4K Read 19 4K Write 43.5 4K Mixed 15.2 71% 25.9 MB/s	DQ Read 28.2 DQ Write 51.1 DQ Mixed 11.2 16% 30.2 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 88%
Toshiba DT01ABA300 3TB 5,677 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2.5TB free Firmware: MZ6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 90 (03) Spinup time 134 134 34386608538 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5678 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 138 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 13062 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1665 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5765 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5765 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 214749478947 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	78.3% Very good	Read 146 Write 127 Mixed 134 102% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.16 71% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 6,625 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 20.2 MC Mixed 17.6 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 17.9 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 68.3 59% 68.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 62%

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Gaming 26%

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Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 22%

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Motherboard: MSI Z77A-GD65 GAMING (MS-7751)

CPU
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	60x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	31x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	24x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	19x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	13x
RTX 3060Nvidia $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	10x

SSD
870 Evo 250GBSamsung $31Bench 101%, 14,082 samples	8x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	6x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	6x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	7x
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 58%, 7,298 samples	6x
M378B5773DH0-CH9 4x2GBSamsungBench 48%, 2,464 samples	5x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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