MSI Z77A-G45 (MS-7752)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 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 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 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	10.4% 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.
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	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 (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7752
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-G45 (MS-7752) (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130929
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 26 '17 at 10:55
Run Duration	215 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^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 4.2 GHz, turbo 5.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Memory 89.5 1-Core 117 2-Core 234 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 466 63% 467 Pts	64-Core 465 29% 465 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% EVGA(3842 1556) 1GB CLim: 951 MHz, MLim: 1089 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	10.4% Very poor	Lighting 11.6 Reflection 13.7 Parallax 9.84 10% 11.7 fps	MRender 16.2 Gravity 12 Splatting 15.8 12% 14.7 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 10.4% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$90 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 298GB free Firmware: 01.03A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 151 150 3416 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1806 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 59 59 30582 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1453 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 88 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1806 (C2) HDA temperature 115 98 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	60.8% Good	Read 114 Write 98 Mixed 104 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.46 120% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 58%
Seagate ST3250310AS 250GB-$44 34,705 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 233GB free Firmware: 3.ADA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 107 82 132039301 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 892 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 88 60 700239764 (09) Power-on hours count 38 38 54330 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 759 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 56 488243229 (C2) HDA temperature 29 44 68719476765 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 59 50 184218399 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	54.8% Above average	Read 96.5 Write 94.6 Mixed 91 71% 94 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.03 4K Mixed 0.42 95% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 54%
Hitachi HDT721064SLA360 640GB-$135 3,861 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 231GB free (System drive) Firmware: STDOA39D Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 81 0 (02) Throughput performance 129 100 124 (03) Spinup time 127 100 21497446722 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1728 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 125 100 33 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 42678 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1524 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2078 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2078 (C2) HDA temperature 176 142 184684707874 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	49.5% Average	Read 92.3 Write 80.1 Mixed 88.7 66% 87 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.41 94% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 59%
ADATA HD650 1TB 1,807 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 553GB free, PID a35a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	33.4% Below average	Read 84.1 Write 86.5 Mixed 76.5 106% 82.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 0.73 4K Mixed 0.39 40% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 33.4% Great: 47%
778 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 15GB free, PID 5500 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	32% Below average	Read 150 Write 39.3 Mixed 27 68% 72 MB/s	4K Read 6.76 4K Write 0.04 4K Mixed 0.77 53% 2.52 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4GBH2X02E99927-16- 4x4GB 64 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	62.6% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 20.5 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 19.9 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 63%

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Typical Z77A-G45 (MS-7752) Builds (Compare 1,231 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G45 (MS-7752)

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	527x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	224x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	165x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	102x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	97x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	63x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	42x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	40x
840 120GBSamsung $109Bench 61%, 51,792 samples	38x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	29x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	28x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	27x

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Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $332

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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