MSI Z77A-GD65 GAMING (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 (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	57.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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-7751
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-GD65 GAMING (MS-7751) (all builds)
Memory	14.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131114
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 03 '16 at 17:57
Run Duration	453 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Memory 88.3 1-Core 96.6 2-Core 170 71% 118 Pts	4-Core 360 8-Core 361 48% 360 Pts	64-Core 358 22% 358 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 680-$360 38,995 User benchmarks, average bench 32% Gainward(10B0 1180) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5354 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 29% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT0AB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1425 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 745 (B1) Unknown 99 99 5 (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 70 56 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 466 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1173894288	57.7% Above average	Read 495 Write 131 Mixed 168 57% 265 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 51.7 4K Mixed 9.39 73% 27.8 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 27.6 67% 145 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 73%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 342GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 73209816 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 755 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 129659847 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2936 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 935 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 56 572391457 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 415 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4367 (C2) HDA temperature 33 44 64424509473 (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 4217657887661 (F1) Unknown 100 253 19382524142 (F2) Unknown 100 253 19663273932	88.2% Excellent	Read 138 Write 169 Mixed 140 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 5.62 4K Mixed 0.75 224% 2.42 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 112%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 2TB 421 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1.5TB free, PID a0a5 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	16.6% Very poor	Read 35.3 Write 36.2 Mixed 35.2 46% 35.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.28 50% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 16.6% Great: 70%
Integral Splash Black 16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 11GB free, PID 9917 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	2.66% Terrible	Read 10.1 Write 2.64 Mixed 4.18 6% 5.63 MB/s	4K Read 2.47 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.009 10% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.66% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Vulcan-2133 2x8GB 734 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	52.5% Above average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 16.8 51% 18 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 16.6 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 69.3 58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 79%

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Gaming 26%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 22%

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Motherboard: MSI Z77A-GD65 GAMING (MS-7751)

CPU
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	60x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	31x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	24x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	19x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	13x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	10x

SSD
870 Evo 250GBSamsung $31Bench 101%, 14,082 samples	8x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	6x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	6x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	7x
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 58%, 7,298 samples	6x
M378B5773DH0-CH9 4x2GBSamsungBench 48%, 2,464 samples	5x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $45	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