MSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758)

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 66.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	24.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	45.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7758
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121024
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 26 '22 at 02:34
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770-$297 278,207 User benchmarks, average bench 69% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	66.5% Good	Memory 82.5 1-Core 85 2-Core 149 64% 106 Pts	4-Core 273 8-Core 494 46% 384 Pts	64-Core 501 31% 501 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270-$140 47,409 User benchmarks, average bench 24% Gigabyte(1458 226C) CLim: 975 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 21.3.1 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	24.5% Poor	Lighting 31.7 Reflection 35.9 Parallax 45.6 26% 37.7 fps	MRender 29 Gravity 29.5 Splatting 23.6 22% 27.4 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 24.5% Great: 26%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 156 161 160 158 154 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	45.5% Average	Read 408 Write 163 Mixed 148 SusWrite 156 48% 219 MB/s	4K Read 18.4 4K Write 22.7 4K Mixed 7.9 50% 16.3 MB/s	DQ Read 95.6 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 37.3 50% 90.3 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 78%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 190GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 100 99 101 101 101 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	50% Above average	Read 73.9 Write 72 Mixed 45.9 SusWrite 100 54% 73 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 294GB free Firmware: JC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 119 116 119 119 118 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	65.6% Good	Read 110 Write 122 Mixed 63 SusWrite 119 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1TB-$580 15,105 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 191GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 84 81 84 85 86 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	34.1% Below average	Read 33.8 Write 67.1 Mixed 19.4 SusWrite 83.6 37% 51 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 5.4 4K Mixed 0.4 169% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 34.1% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-H9 HMT351U6CFR8C-H9 HMT351U6BFR8C-H9 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	48.5% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 17.2 MC Mixed 15.6 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 14.4 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 76.1 53% 76.1 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 49%

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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	478x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	343x
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 $48Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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