MSI Z77A-GD55 (MS-7751)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 77.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
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-7751
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-GD55 (MS-7751) (all builds)
Memory	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131120
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	May 13 '17 at 10:50
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	77.1% Very good	Memory 87.2 1-Core 108 2-Core 211 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 362 8-Core 532 56% 447 Pts	64-Core 543 34% 543 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3233) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.5 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 70% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 240GB 15,968 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 151GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFD00.3 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 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3068 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 503 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 77 77 425 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1245226 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 69 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 141736083489 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 98 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3627
Poor: 33% Great: 99%
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 30GB free Firmware: 070H 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 100 100 8 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4096 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9396 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1889 (AA) Unknown 100 100 1 (AB) Unknown 100 100 24 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 97 97 112 (AE) Unknown 100 100 340 (B5) Unknown 100 100 14461286745419 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 164 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 390 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 97 97 3 (CE) Flying height 100 100 24
Poor: 43% Great: 74%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 140620536 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 968 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 62 60 1809702 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3693 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 795 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032834 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 47 655687717 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 201 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 59 59 82613 (C2) HDA temperature 37 53 30064771109 (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 -126113124710310 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1932212746 (F2) Unknown 100 253 36116172497	105% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 178 Mixed 171 134% 178 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.16 80% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CENTURY HQ MEMORY 4x8GB 27 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55.7% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 19.6 MC Mixed 16.9 54% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 18.6 51% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 87%

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

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Typical Z77A-GD55 (MS-7751) Builds (Compare 472 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 39%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 32%

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Motherboard: MSI Z77A-GD55 (MS-7751)

CPU
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	148x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	129x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	74x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	35x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	27x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	23x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	16x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	16x
MX500 500GBCrucial $39Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	15x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	26x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	17x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	13x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $469

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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