MSI Z77A-G45 (MS-7752)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	56.1% 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)
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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7752
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-G45 (MS-7752) (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130929
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 02 '17 at 07:31
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	36%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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-$113 167,123 User benchmarks, average bench 76% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 97.2 1-Core 116 2-Core 232 87% 148 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 460 64% 464 Pts	64-Core 464 31% 464 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$210 501,776 User benchmarks, average bench 53% EVGA(3842 6160) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	56.1% Above average	Lighting 71.6 Reflection 68.7 Parallax 60.5 58% 66.9 fps	MRender 72.4 Gravity 65.9 Splatting 68.9 54% 69.1 fps
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$164 112,900 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1314 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 374 (B1) Unknown 99 99 26 (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 74 60 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 57 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7209059466
Poor: 73% Great: 123%
Seagate ST3500820AS 500GB 3,714 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 12GB free Firmware: SD81 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 211751836 (03) Spinup time 91 81 0 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11937 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 60 58 201906104341 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 34760 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 118 (0C) Power cycle count 100 37 587 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 85900722200 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 35 1104210755607 (C2) HDA temperature 23 65 51539607575 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 49 37 211751836 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	37.5% Below average	Read 64 Write 66.7 Mixed 69.9 50% 66.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.31 78% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown IMT451U6MFR8Y-DC0 2x4GB 75 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	MC Read 31.8 MC Write 31.8 MC Mixed 26.7 86% 30.1 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 22.4 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 49.6 81% 49.6 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 85%

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

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G45 (MS-7752)

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $113Bench 76%, 167,123 samples	955x
Core i7-3770KIntel $328Bench 77%, 133,139 samples	346x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 74%, 229,148 samples	224x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $340Bench 51%, 677,318 samples	168x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $290Bench 57%, 1,100,889 samples	144x
GTX 1070Nvidia $330Bench 80%, 1,100,904 samples	120x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $66Bench 107%, 554,333 samples	87x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 104%, 772,089 samples	72x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $110Bench 113%, 419,704 samples	63x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 63,678 samples	84x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 50%, 67,667 samples	56x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 52%, 42,067 samples	54x

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Value: 48% - Average

Total price: $520

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-11400F $180	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Crucial MX500 250GB $47
Intel Core i5-10600K $215	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i5-11600K $260	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $40

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $73	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16