MSI Z77A-G41 (MS-7758)

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	66.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 10 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.

System	MSI MS-7758
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-G41 (MS-7758) (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1768 x 992 - 32 Bit colors, 5760 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140307
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 11 '16 at 22:43
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570K-$30 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 104 2-Core 206 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 390 53% 394 Pts	64-Core 392 24% 392 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% EVGA(3842 2662) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6869 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	21.5% Poor	Lighting 25.6 Reflection 25 Parallax 31.7 21% 27.4 fps	MRender 33.6 Gravity 24.2 Splatting 26.4 23% 28.1 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.5% Great: 21%
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3176) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6869 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	64.6% Good	Lighting 83.2 Reflection 85 Parallax 82.3 68% 83.5 fps	MRender 78.3 Gravity 72.5 Splatting 65.6 58% 72.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 128GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT07B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 237 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 272 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (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 67 60 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 44 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1406305744	66.7% Good	Read 492 Write 201 Mixed 161 62% 285 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 77.3 4K Mixed 11.6 95% 38.4 MB/s	DQ Read 267 DQ Write 75.8 DQ Mixed 27.2 58% 123 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 85%
WL1500GSA6472C 1.5TB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 67 67 1040 (03) Spinup time 253 253 1158 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 74 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 194 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 115 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 74 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 26 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1993 (C2) HDA temperature 115 112 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 78 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 28 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 4	61.9% Good	Read 99.2 Write 117 Mixed 13.1 55% 76.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.06 68% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 47,852 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 22.6 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 19.9 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 62%

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Gaming 36%

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Desktop 76%

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Workstation 28%

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

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $30Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	197x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	122x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	105x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	63x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	48x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	36x

SSD
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	25x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	19x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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	15x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	10x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $500

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $109	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16