MSI Z77A-G41 (MS-7758)

Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	129% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	68.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

System	MSI MS-7758
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-G41 (MS-7758) (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140307
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '18 at 02:49
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 4.4 GHz, turbo 5.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 123 2-Core 242 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 487 8-Core 464 64% 475 Pts	64-Core 489 30% 489 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 180 Reflection 199 Parallax 178 147% 185 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 180 Splatting 127 117% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
LZT-256 256GB 84 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 186GB free (System drive) Firmware: ZZA3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 356 307 345 360 343 355 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	68.2% Good	Read 371 Write 396 Mixed 273 SusWrite 344 78% 346 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 40.3 4K Mixed 24.2 84% 28.4 MB/s	DQ Read 196 DQ Write 91.6 DQ Mixed 94.9 83% 128 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 87%
Crucial MX200 500GB-$90 17,487 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 104GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 379 350 383 382 394 389 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Read 341 Write 380 Mixed 329 SusWrite 380 81% 357 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 41.7 150% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 145 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 162 148% 219 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 105%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 4.5TB free Firmware: CC52 SusWrite @10s intervals: 291 307 309 307 305 310 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 46% Great: 96%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 176 179 181 179 180 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Read 123 Write 98.9 Mixed 26.1 SusWrite 179 77% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.9 353% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 993996 4x4GB 58 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.2% Very good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 23.8 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 22.1 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 56.8 70% 56.8 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 124%

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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) $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