MSI Z77A-G41 (MS-7758)

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 72.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	61.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	70.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7758
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-G41 (MS-7758) (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120619
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 05 '20 at 06:18
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	MLT-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 as expected (57^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	Memory 83.1 1-Core 103 2-Core 188 72% 124 Pts	4-Core 338 8-Core 487 52% 413 Pts	64-Core 498 31% 498 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Nvidia(10DE 1C03) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.3% Good	Lighting 76.1 Reflection 78.8 Parallax 68.7 62% 74.6 fps	MRender 69 Gravity 71.8 Splatting 76.4 60% 72.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 211GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 233 240 236 236 236 236 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	70.7% Very good	Read 246 Write 230 Mixed 234 SusWrite 236 53% 236 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 67.5 4K Mixed 35.4 122% 43.2 MB/s	DQ Read 202 DQ Write 189 DQ Mixed 195 146% 195 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 15 26 14 11 12 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	55% Above average	Read 175 Write 5.2 Mixed 24.7 SusWrite 16.3 40% 55.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 43,127 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	57% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 20.2 MC Mixed 18.3 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 17.8 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 74.9 53% 74.9 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 36%

Jet ski

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 28%

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

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	194x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	119x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	101x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	63x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	46x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	36x

SSD
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	25x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	19x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 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	14x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	10x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $606

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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