MSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758)

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 59.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	89.5% 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	57.2% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7758
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758) (all builds)
Memory	4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121024
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 12 '18 at 18:30
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570 104,858 User benchmarks, average bench 65% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	Memory 68.5 1-Core 105 2-Core 205 70% 126 Pts	4-Core 276 8-Core 383 42% 330 Pts	64-Core 360 22% 360 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 75%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz) 146,665 User benchmarks, average bench 1% MSI(1462 2111) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4358 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	1.84% Terrible	Lighting 1.9 Reflection 1.88 Parallax 1.44 2% 1.74 fps	MRender 3.76 Gravity 1.17 Splatting 3.7 2% 2.87 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.84% Great: 2%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 117 Parallax 100 93% 110 fps	MRender 98.6 Gravity 101 Splatting 102 82% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Neutron 128GB-$90 711 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: M306 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 9 1 29875 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 24 (09) Power-on hours count 253 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1036 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 156 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 156 (C2) HDA temperature 36 0 64427851812 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 97 76 1125 (E7) Temperature 90 90 11 (EA) Unknown 100 100 187473 (F1) Unknown 100 100 22417 (F2) Unknown 100 100 17735 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 7473666	57.2% Above average	Read 259 Write 195 Mixed 253 52% 236 MB/s	4K Read 19.2 4K Write 51.5 4K Mixed 23.5 87% 31.4 MB/s	DQ Read 185 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 77.4 88% 150 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 94GB free Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 408 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8519 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 102044020 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 29197 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1058 (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 63 50 638910501 (C2) HDA temperature 37 50 51539607589 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 40 19 408 (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 139775415707083 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3666778047 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2841328539	59.1% Above average	Read 97.5 Write 109 Mixed 105 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.37 81% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 88%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 810GB free, PID 1048 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	40% Below average	Read 91.9 Write 95.2 Mixed 89.6 119% 92.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.22 73% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 73,650 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	41.8% Average	MC Read 15.4 MC Write 15.9 MC Mixed 13.5 43% 14.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 9.8 SC Mixed 10.8 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 105 38% 105 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 62%

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758)

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	478x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	343x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	248x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	141x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	135x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	124x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	60x
MX500 500GBCrucial $46Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	55x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	54x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	48x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	42x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 53%, 47,852 samples	35x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $280

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 $182	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) $30	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