MSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 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 75.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	14.1% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7758
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758) (all builds)
Memory	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140307
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	May 05 '21 at 22:00
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing way above expectations (85^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-$136 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	Memory 86.6 1-Core 94.7 2-Core 178 70% 120 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 379 51% 379 Pts	64-Core 355 22% 355 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-Ti-$152 36,698 User benchmarks, average bench 14% EVGA(3842 3650) 1GB CLim: 928 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 460.79 Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	14.1% Very poor	Lighting 16.3 Reflection 17.2 Parallax 21.7 13% 18.4 fps	MRender 21.1 Gravity 21.2 Splatting 16 16% 19.4 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 14.1% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 129GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 4,897 Write 4,202 Mixed 4,481 1,010% 4,527 MB/s	4K Read 274 4K Write 161 4K Mixed 198 755% 211 MB/s	DQ Read 1,125 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 281 312% 554 MB/s
Poor: 75% Great: 128%
WD Black 500GB (2012)-$47 20,548 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 387GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 176 177 177 175 176 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 152 Mixed 108 SusWrite 174 116% 157 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 229% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 105%
Samsung Flash Drive 32GB 12,134 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 7GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 26 24 26 25 25 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Read 214 Write 28.8 Mixed 67.3 SusWrite 25.4 84% 84 MB/s	4K Read 11.9 4K Write 16.5 4K Mixed 10.9 976% 13.1 MB/s	DQ Read 16 DQ Write 15.9 DQ Mixed 12.7 1,032% 14.9 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5403-043.A00LF 2x4GB 133 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	MC Read 19.2 MC Write 19.4 MC Mixed 17.2 53% 18.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 16.6 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 70.8 56% 70.8 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 61%

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

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758)

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	479x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	344x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	248x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	141x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	135x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	124x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	60x
MX500 500GBCrucial $46Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	55x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	54x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	48x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	42x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 53%, 47,852 samples	35x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $280

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