MSI Z77A-GD65 GAMING (MS-7751)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 62%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 50%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics80.8% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMSI MS-7751
MotherboardMSI Z77A-GD65 GAMING (MS-7751)  (all builds)
Memory12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20130320
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMar 05 '19 at 23:42
Run Duration105 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU7%
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 PC Performing as expected (56th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-3770K-$175
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
78.8% Very good
Memory 90.2
1-Core 95.5
2-Core 180
72% 122 Pts
4-Core 365
8-Core 516
55% 440 Pts
64-Core 516
32% 516 Pts
Poor: 59%
This bench: 78.8%
Great: 83%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.35
Performing below potential (66th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
80.8% Excellent
Lighting 101
Reflection 113
Parallax 107
82% 107 fps
MRender 96.1
Gravity 93.5
Splatting 97.5
79% 95.7 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 80.8%
Great: 88%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD VelociRaptor 1TB-$268
451GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 04.06A00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 114 84 83 116 123 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
68.6% Good
Read 138
Write 140
Mixed 95.3
SusWrite 99.6
87% 118 MB/s
4K Read 1.8
4K Write 4.2
4K Mixed 1.5
319% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 67%
This bench: 68.6%
Great: 117%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing above expectations (66th percentile)
59.4% Above average
MC Read 21.9
MC Write 21
MC Mixed 19
59% 20.6 GB/s
SC Read 16.7
SC Write 18.1
SC Mixed 18.1
50% 17.6 GB/s
Latency 66.9
60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 31%
This bench: 59.4%
Great: 63%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical Z77A-GD65 GAMING (MS-7751) Builds (Compare 162 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 26%
Raft
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 22%
Surfboard

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 84% - Excellent Total price: $265
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