MSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758)

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (3rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 97 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 11.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is terrible.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Very high background CPU (87%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7758
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758) (all builds)
Memory	8.4 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20140307
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 23 '23 at 21:26
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	87%

PC Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570 104,858 User benchmarks, average bench 65% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Relative performance (0^th percentile)	11.7% Very poor	Memory 6.28 1-Core 37.9 2-Core 65.9 18% 36.7 Pts	4-Core 94 8-Core 117 14% 106 Pts	64-Core 128 8% 128 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 11.7% Great: 75%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 81GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 31 30 31 31 28 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	22.4% Poor	Read 48.7 Write 53.9 Mixed 19.1 SusWrite 29.4 28% 37.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 68% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 22.4% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 39 41 35 38 37 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	39% Below average	Read 98.2 Write 103 Mixed 56.3 SusWrite 37.7 54% 73.8 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.1 62% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 106%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 1TB 425 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 924GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 27 27 24 24 27 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	27.2% Poor	Read 67 Write 82.8 Mixed 54.9 SusWrite 27.4 43% 58 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.3 82% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 27.2% Great: 111%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 1TB 425 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 860GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 23 26 24 24 27 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	32.6% Below average	Read 88.7 Write 101 Mixed 41.7 SusWrite 24.5 47% 63.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 120% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot PSD34G160081 3x4GB 40 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 3 of 4 slots used 12GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	15.7% Very poor	MC Read 5.7 MC Write 6 MC Mixed 6.1 17% 5.93 GB/s	SC Read 2.7 SC Write 2.8 SC Mixed 4.7 10% 3.4 GB/s	Latency 440 9% 440 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 15.7% Great: 55%

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

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Typical Z77A-G43 (MS-7758) Builds (Compare 1,873 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $35Bench 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 $178	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