MSI Z77A-GD80 (MS-7757)

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	30.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	79.9% 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.

System	MSI MS-7757
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-GD80 (MS-7757) (all builds)
Memory	3.6 GB free of 6 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130929
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 25 '17 at 00:30
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Memory 91.2 1-Core 99.8 2-Core 202 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 374 8-Core 511 56% 443 Pts	64-Core 510 32% 510 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Sapphire(174B E271) CLim: 1070 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	30.1% Below average	Lighting 37.9 Reflection 34.1 Parallax 46 31% 39.3 fps	MRender 30.2 Gravity 31.8 Splatting 39.8 28% 33.9 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 30.1% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Wildfire 120GB-$91 279 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 112GB free Firmware: 502ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 102 5191600 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -78030965794096 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 350 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 255 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 128 35 146031181952 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5191600 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5191600 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5191600 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 5412 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4411 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4411 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7905	70% Good	Read 499 Write 205 Mixed 282 72% 329 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 65.8 4K Mixed 15.4 93% 35.6 MB/s	DQ Read 250 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 71.2 98% 179 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 85%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 29120 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 184 (B1) Unknown 93 93 75 (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 67 39 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 162 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14023506629	79.9% Very good	Read 498 Write 351 Mixed 340 88% 396 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 42.8 4K Mixed 18.6 96% 31.4 MB/s	DQ Read 285 DQ Write 171 DQ Mixed 67.3 93% 175 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 108%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 229GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 9241 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9626 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 51 51 35920 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 491 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 360 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9265 (C2) HDA temperature 115 80 37 (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	60.1% Good	Read 112 Write 97.5 Mixed 94.7 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.55 130% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 85%
Hl-dt-st BDDVDRW CH12LS28 500GB 57GB free Firmware: CC35 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 238776287 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10563 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 129375494 (09) Power-on hours count 43 43 50338 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 748 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065668 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 70 39 56540397598 (C2) HDA temperature 30 61 55834574878 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 30 9 238776287 (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 -115706418910465 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1705285523 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3882184572	65% Good	Read 113 Write 113 Mixed 81.8 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.5 103% 0.83 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905474-012.A00LF 3x2GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 3 of 4 slots used 6GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38.3% Below average	MC Read 12.8 MC Write 12.4 MC Mixed 11.7 35% 12.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.4 SC Write 13.4 SC Mixed 13 36% 12.6 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 47%

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Typical Z77A-GD80 (MS-7757) Builds (Compare 53 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 62%

Destroyer

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 48%

Yacht

Motherboard: MSI Z77A-GD80 (MS-7757)

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $50Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	18x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	18x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	13x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $271Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	10x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	5x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	5x

SSD
Pro 6000p NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBIntel $65Bench 104%, 11,104 samples	5x
MX500 1TBCrucial $84Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	5x
SK-2520 U3.1 500GBAkitioBench 74%, 4 samples	3x

RAM
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 54%, 7,771 samples	7x
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 53%, 17,809 samples	5x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 51%, 21,220 samples	3x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $386

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $164	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $149
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $245	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $359