MSI Z77 MPower (MS-7751)

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	83.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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.

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System	MSI MS-7751
Motherboard	MSI Z77 MPower (MS-7751) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130709
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 13 '16 at 12:39
Run Duration	758 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 4.3 GHz, turbo 5.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 120 2-Core 241 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 469 64% 474 Pts	64-Core 478 30% 478 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 79%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WD10EARS-00Y5B1 240GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 204GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 2885484 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 21749714387036 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 9 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 25 54 64428048409 (C2) HDA temperature 25 54 64428048409 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 2885484 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 2885484 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 2885484 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4294963417 (EA) Unknown 0 0 23 (F1) Unknown 0 0 23 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11 (F4) Unknown 100 100 2686999	60.2% Good	Read 266 Write 188 Mixed 201 48% 218 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 84.8 4K Mixed 22.1 107% 43.2 MB/s	DQ Read 92.1 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 50.3 62% 107 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 85%
OCZ Trion 100 240GB-$95 9,561 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 73GB free Firmware: SAFM11.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1602 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 381 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1408 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 199 199 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 27 (C2) HDA temperature 74 56 188979347482	63.2% Good	Read 498 Write 209 Mixed 212 67% 306 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 55.5 4K Mixed 6.76 75% 28.9 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 146 DQ Mixed 7.03 61% 146 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 83%
Crucial M500 240GB-$73 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 5019 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1577 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 95 95 171 (AE) Unknown 100 100 89 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 75 59 176093659161 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 95 95 5 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 24359423751 (F7) Unknown 100 100 572163556 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1926995794	83.2% Excellent	Read 499 Write 270 Mixed 349 82% 373 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 93.5 4K Mixed 21.2 116% 47 MB/s	DQ Read 310 DQ Write 254 DQ Mixed 18.2 86% 194 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC45 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 0.23 0% 0.23 MB/s
Poor: 51% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 186GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 192961275 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5824 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 62 8594947872 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2664 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 37 2205 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4296540187 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 53 521338911 (C2) HDA temperature 31 47 68719476767 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 25 18 192961275 (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 96409130901531 (F1) Unknown 100 253 469684051 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3895705635	54.3% Above average	Read 99.4 Write 89.7 Mixed 80.7 68% 89.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.38 96% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 68%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 124GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 172 2200 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5726 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6872 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3017 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 131 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5594 (C2) HDA temperature 116 102 27 (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	62.9% Good	Read 110 Write 109 Mixed 109 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1.19 4K Write 2.76 4K Mixed 0.34 139% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 4x4GB 491 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	61.5% Good	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 20 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 19.1 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 67%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 33%

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Motherboard: MSI Z77 MPower (MS-7751) - $444

CPU
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	228x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	138x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	94x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	65x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	43x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	41x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $51Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	24x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	20x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	19x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	12x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	11x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	10x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $870

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16