MSI Z77MA-G45 (MS-7759)

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.8% 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 Drive	76.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

System	MSI MS-7759
Motherboard	MSI Z77MA-G45 (MS-7759) (all builds)
Memory	29.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131024
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 29 '16 at 23:09
Run Duration	621 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 4.5 GHz, turbo 5.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 88.7 1-Core 125 2-Core 226 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 627 66% 527 Pts	64-Core 628 39% 628 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 83.9% 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 1996) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7570 Performing below potential (80^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.8% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 113 Parallax 110 85% 109 fps	MRender 95.5 Gravity 99.5 Splatting 94.4 79% 96.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GS 240GB-$261 4,179 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 167GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.05A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 105 10323053 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 -88407606810364 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3124 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 243 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 32 42 51542360096 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 10323053 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 10323053 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 10323053 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 31774 (EA) Unknown 0 0 27085 (F1) Unknown 0 0 27085 (F2) Unknown 0 0 27189	76.7% Very good	Read 414 Write 248 Mixed 211 64% 291 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 13.3 121% 49.9 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 12.6 71% 165 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 93%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$75 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 3TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 66873816 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2127 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 69233547 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5092 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1186 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 72 61 471597084 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 38 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 76 76 49150 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 42949672988 (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 -54752243086590 (F1) Unknown 100 253 34876306758 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1281520849308
Poor: 56% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$75 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 3TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 116615632 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1979 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 34422192280 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4635 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1069 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 71 63 488439837 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 24 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 78 78 44850 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 51539607581 (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 81393925229042 (F1) Unknown 100 253 30588531618 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1453929068741
Poor: 56% Great: 113%
Marvell Raid VD 2TB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2TB free Firmware: MV.R Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value	100% Outstanding	Read 338 Write 1.48 Mixed 3.92 82% 115 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 1.82 1,416% 10.6 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 100%
Marvell Raid VD 2TB 300 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 610GB free Firmware: MV.R Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value	94% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 156 Mixed 131 114% 153 MB/s	4K Read 1.16 4K Write 2.77 4K Mixed 0.64 171% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 199%
Seagate USB 3.0 Cable 1TB 537 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 380GB free, PID 5031 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	24% Poor	Read 66.8 Write 61 Mixed 38 68% 55.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.27 4K Write 0.31 4K Mixed 0.11 15% 0.23 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 24% Great: 32%
Initio Ini-3910 750GB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 195GB free, PID 3910 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	31% Below average	Read 77.6 Write 71.1 Mixed 67.2 91% 72 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.25 56% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 31% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBH2X04E99927-15 029E CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 01BA 8GBH2X04E99927-15 029E CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 32GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	57.4% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 20 MC Mixed 18.1 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 19.8 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 57%

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Gaming 25%

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 20%

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Motherboard: MSI Z77MA-G45 (MS-7759)

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $50Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	66x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	48x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	46x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	20x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	18x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	16x

SSD
870 EVO 500GBSamsung $63Bench 104%, 60,851 samples	12x
MX500 1TBCrucial $72Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	11x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	7x

RAM
Sniper DDR3 2133 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 1,053 samples	17x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	9x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 50%, 27,024 samples	9x

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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $172

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Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $79
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $363