MSI Z77A-GD65 (MS-7751)

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.9% 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	87.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

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System	MSI MS-7751
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-GD65 (MS-7751) (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131009
Uptime	7.3 Days
Run Date	May 21 '17 at 06:24
Run Duration	233 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 4.2 GHz, turbo 5.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 93.7 1-Core 116 2-Core 234 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 460 62% 462 Pts	64-Core 463 29% 463 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	54.9% Above average	Lighting 68.9 Reflection 71.8 Parallax 63.9 56% 68.2 fps	MRender 74.2 Gravity 64.1 Splatting 57 52% 65.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 EVO 750GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 151GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 36863216 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3407 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 59 8593706817 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10209 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1975 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 62 51 739704870 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 120 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 72 72 56922 (C2) HDA temperature 38 49 55834574886 (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 6790343299114 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16686860433 (F2) Unknown 100 253 23997695167	13.2% Very poor	Read 159 Write 105 Mixed 89.1 26% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 0.89 4K Mixed 0.17 2% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 13.2% Great: 14%
Samsung 840 Evo 750GB-$310 3,724 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9717 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1675 (B1) Unknown 97 97 32 (B3) Unknown 100 1 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 60 49 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 71 (F1) Unknown 99 99 50447316410	87.3% Excellent	Read 510 Write 350 Mixed 360 90% 407 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 67.9 4K Mixed 29.1 138% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 45.7 DQ Write 153 DQ Mixed 67.2 61% 88.6 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 125%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 881GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 95509536 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 600 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 3806427 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4091 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 600 (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 64 53 739704868 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 24 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6613 (C2) HDA temperature 36 47 73014444068 (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 73023033969966 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2574233751 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5293066649	109% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 178 Mixed 174 138% 184 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.19 96% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 112%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 363GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 170 4391 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2588 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8152 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1310 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 41 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 182 182 54254 (C2) HDA temperature 109 102 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	51.6% Above average	Read 86.2 Write 93.2 Mixed 85 66% 88.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.08 4K Mixed 0.26 93% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 84%
WD WD20EZRX-00DC0B0 1TB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 67GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 15486400 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3274 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 84120170 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11529 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2402 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 65 50 39377633315 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 133 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 33658 (C2) HDA temperature 35 50 -140737488355293 (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 34561601836996 (F1) Unknown 100 253 28902913600 (F2) Unknown 100 253 29164537787	64.5% Good	Read 104 Write 121 Mixed 115 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.23 79% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 991995 (996995) 2x4GB 651 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	64.3% Good	MC Read 22.9 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 21 64% 22.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 19.9 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 60.5 66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 64%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 49%

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Motherboard: MSI Z77A-GD65 (MS-7751) - $250

CPU
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	240x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	160x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	76x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	53x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	41x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	29x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	24x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	19x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	19x

RAM
CT102464BD160B.C16 2x8GBCrucialBench 53%, 4,052 samples	16x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	15x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	14x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $657

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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