MSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758)

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 67.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	45.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	71.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7758
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758) (all builds)
Memory	1.4 GB free of 6 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121024
Uptime	4.4 Days
Run Date	Oct 12 '16 at 22:37
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	38%

PC Performing below expectations (35^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 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	67.2% Good	Memory 79.4 1-Core 98.9 2-Core 185 70% 121 Pts	4-Core 315 8-Core 338 43% 327 Pts	64-Core 301 19% 301 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-$329 50,279 User benchmarks, average bench 45% EVGA(3842 2784) 3GB Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7270 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	45.7% Average	Lighting 53.7 Reflection 48 Parallax 56.3 44% 52.7 fps	MRender 68.9 Gravity 67.5 Splatting 49.9 50% 62.1 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC240G1CS2754D117-488 240GB 1,955 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS211101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st 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 3757 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 519 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 37 (B1) Unknown 0 0 48 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 36 100 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1725203 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 103 (E7) Temperature 100 100 36 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3 (EA) Unknown 0 0 58 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8457 (F2) Unknown 0 0 17788	71.8% Very good	Read 494 Write 296 Mixed 362 85% 384 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 51.1 4K Mixed 23.5 90% 32.1 MB/s	DQ Read 232 DQ Write 58.1 DQ Mixed 40.8 57% 110 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 97%
Seagate ST3160815AS 160GB-$46 33,785 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 73GB free Firmware: 3.AAC Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 107 91 191289138 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 5110 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 513173357 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 39080 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1529 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 118 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 61 47 689504295 (C2) HDA temperature 39 53 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 72 64 62014291 (C5) Current pending sector count 1 1 4294967295 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 1 1 4294967295 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	22% Poor	Read 39.9 Write 36.7 Mixed 63.9 36% 46.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 1.05 4K Mixed 0.23 58% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 22% Great: 42%
WD WD8000AARS-00Y5B1 800GB 1,154 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 27GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 668 (03) Spinup time 128 108 6566 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3257 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 28846 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1932 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 494 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 33 33 502256 (C2) HDA temperature 112 101 35 (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	32.5% Below average	Read 61.9 Write 50.8 Mixed 51.7 41% 54.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.22 84% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1333 C7 3x2GB 3 of 4 slots used 6GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	38.5% Below average	MC Read 13.2 MC Write 13.6 MC Mixed 12.6 38% 13.1 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 11.8 SC Mixed 11.5 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 81.6 49% 81.6 ns

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

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Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758)

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	478x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	343x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	248x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	141x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	135x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	124x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	60x
MX500 500GBCrucial $46Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	55x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	54x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	48x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	42x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 53%, 47,852 samples	35x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $280

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