MSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758)

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	21.9% 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	74.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

System	MSI MS-7758
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758) (all builds)
Memory	29.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20130315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 08 '17 at 23:35
Run Duration	201 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600-$197 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Memory 94.7 1-Core 99.2 2-Core 191 76% 128 Pts	4-Core 332 8-Core 442 49% 387 Pts	64-Core 487 30% 487 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% EVGA(3842 2663) 2GB CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	21.9% Poor	Lighting 25.4 Reflection 25 Parallax 31.8 21% 27.4 fps	MRender 34 Gravity 30.5 Splatting 26 24% 30.1 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.9% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 500GB-$40 13,478 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 420GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 233 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2119 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 66 (A3) Unknown 100 100 25 (A4) Unknown 100 100 12042 (A5) Unknown 100 100 30 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 9 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 34 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 49566 (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 100 100 1767 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 109411 (F2) Unknown 100 100 124678 (F5) Unknown 100 100 192672	74.4% Very good	Read 520 Write 429 Mixed 469 105% 473 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 57.7 4K Mixed 18.2 85% 32.1 MB/s	DQ Read 26 DQ Write 64 DQ Mixed 18 21% 36 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 108%
Crucial BX100 500GB-$40 13,478 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 351GB free Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1296 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 123 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 70 (A3) Unknown 100 100 21 (A4) Unknown 100 100 22868 (A5) Unknown 100 100 64 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 20 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 34 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 282034 (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 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 219802 (F2) Unknown 100 100 261290 (F5) Unknown 100 100 365888	81.8% Excellent	Read 518 Write 432 Mixed 469 105% 473 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 54 4K Mixed 18.9 85% 31.3 MB/s	DQ Read 200 DQ Write 220 DQ Mixed 71.9 92% 164 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB 8,189 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 44258008 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 202 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 60 1297249 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8543 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 110 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 111670984734 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 70 49 505020446 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 39 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 803 (C2) HDA temperature 30 51 55834574878 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 16 6 44258008 (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 -66962835109216 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2907830554 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1007190539	74% Very good	Read 129 Write 129 Mixed 123 96% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.03 4K Mixed 0.2 72% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 74%
Kingston DataTraveler R3.0 USB 3.0 32GB-$102 362 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 25GB free, PID 168e Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	12% Very poor	Read 32.8 Write 23.9 Mixed 14.2 28% 23.6 MB/s	4K Read 3.95 4K Write 0.34 4K Mixed 0.02 27% 1.44 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 12% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 12,722 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	65.7% Good	MC Read 23.1 MC Write 23.9 MC Mixed 21.8 66% 22.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 19.9 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 58 69% 58 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 80%

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

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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