MSI Z77A-G41 (MS-7758)

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 61.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	7.26% 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	59.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB 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-7758
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-G41 (MS-7758) (all builds)
Memory	4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121024
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	May 30 '18 at 07:22
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-3220-$79 71,790 User benchmarks, average bench 52% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	61.5% Good	Memory 84.1 1-Core 88.3 2-Core 143 64% 105 Pts	4-Core 228 8-Core 225 30% 226 Pts	64-Core 227 14% 227 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 640 34,519 User benchmarks, average bench 6% EVGA(3842 2649) ≥ 4GB CLim: 901 MHz, MLim: 445 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	7.26% Terrible	Lighting 8.4 Reflection 7.77 Parallax 8.97 7% 8.38 fps	MRender 8.29 Gravity 10.3 Splatting 10.5 8% 9.7 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.26% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 5 0 5 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7665 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3661 (E8) Unknown 100 100 20385477184 (E9) Unknown 98 0 98	59.8% Above average	Read 385 Write 185 Mixed 230 59% 267 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 82.1 4K Mixed 14.1 98% 40.1 MB/s	DQ Read 28.2 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 83.7 72% 99.4 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 104%
Seagate ST31000520AS 1TB-$250 11,608 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 579GB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 210805235 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 84 84 16398 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 210667109 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12392 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 37 6779 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 65619 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 66 488177691 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 64424509467 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 47 32 210805235 (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 -70489003232831 (F1) Unknown 100 253 474654943 (F2) Unknown 100 253 245253207	51% Above average	Read 93.8 Write 83.7 Mixed 61.7 59% 79.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.45 111% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5403-046.A00LF 2x4GB 445 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 16.6 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 15.6 SC Mixed 15.4 43% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 73.3 55% 73.3 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 64%

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

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Gaming 36%

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Desktop 76%

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Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G41 (MS-7758) - $232

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	194x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	119x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	101x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	63x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	46x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	36x

SSD
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	25x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	19x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	19x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	17x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	14x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	10x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $606

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) $30	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