MSI Z77A-GD80 (MS-7757)

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 77.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	28.4% 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	87.5% 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	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7757
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-GD80 (MS-7757) (all builds)
Memory	3.2 GB free of 6 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130929
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 30 '16 at 09:58
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	77.4% Very good	Memory 91.4 1-Core 100 2-Core 200 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 345 8-Core 485 52% 415 Pts	64-Core 495 31% 495 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Sapphire(174B E271) CLim: 1070 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 16.12.1 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	28.4% Poor	Lighting 35.5 Reflection 32.9 Parallax 43.8 29% 37.4 fps	MRender 28.9 Gravity 30.4 Splatting 38.4 27% 32.6 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 28.4% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Wildfire 120GB-$91 279 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 112GB free Firmware: 502ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 102 4888504 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 17360257844538 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 317 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 241 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 128 35 146031181952 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4888504 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4888504 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4888504 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 5403 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4408 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4408 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7902	76.9% Very good	Read 509 Write 195 Mixed 277 72% 327 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 97.5 4K Mixed 20.3 118% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 235 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 69.2 95% 173 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 85%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 21178 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 151 (B1) Unknown 95 95 52 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 52 41 48 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 131 (F1) Unknown 99 99 10944055582	87.5% Excellent	Read 491 Write 333 Mixed 341 86% 389 MB/s	4K Read 41.5 4K Write 64.3 4K Mixed 23.4 127% 43.1 MB/s	DQ Read 297 DQ Write 162 DQ Mixed 67.7 94% 176 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 108%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 511GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8541 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7725 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 59 59 30384 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 464 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 344 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7380 (C2) HDA temperature 94 85 58 (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	54.6% Above average	Read 100 Write 89.9 Mixed 99.1 73% 96.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.07 4K Write 2.46 4K Mixed 0.5 146% 1.34 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905474-012.A00LF 3x2GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 3 of 4 slots used 6GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	43.7% Average	MC Read 15 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 13.4 41% 14.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 15.8 SC Mixed 14.6 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 47%

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Typical Z77A-GD80 (MS-7757) Builds (Compare 53 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 62%

Destroyer

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 48%

Yacht

Motherboard: MSI Z77A-GD80 (MS-7757)

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	18x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	18x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	13x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	10x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	5x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	5x

SSD
Pro 6000p NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBIntel $65Bench 104%, 11,104 samples	5x
MX500 1TBCrucial $80Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	5x
SK-2520 U3.1 500GBAkitioBench 74%, 4 samples	3x

RAM
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 54%, 7,771 samples	7x
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 53%, 17,809 samples	5x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 51%, 21,220 samples	3x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $525

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16