MSI Z77A-GD80 (MS-7757)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	12.5% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7757
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-GD80 (MS-7757) (all builds)
Memory	26.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121217
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '17 at 03:25
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770K-$175 165,979 User benchmarks, average bench 72% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	Memory 82.9 1-Core 101 2-Core 189 72% 125 Pts	4-Core 311 8-Core 449 48% 380 Pts	64-Core 472 29% 472 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 460-$203 31,648 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Asus(1043 835D) 1GB CLim: 675 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 376.54 Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	12.5% Very poor	Lighting 14.3 Reflection 17 Parallax 13 12% 14.8 fps	MRender 20.6 Gravity 14.6 Splatting 16.9 14% 17.4 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.5% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 4TB 6,400 User benchmarks, average bench 159% 618GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 250 Mixed 167 148% 198 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.32 4K Mixed 0.28 100% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 236%
Toshiba MK7559GSXF 750GB 1,514 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 63GB free Firmware: GQ006B Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 2004 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 9887 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 55 55 18241 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 6626 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 2002 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 536 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 56 56 441065 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 201864642592 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 80 (DE) Loaded hours 92 92 3240 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 403 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 221	35.3% Below average	Read 69.4 Write 53.3 Mixed 69.8 49% 64.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.22 66% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 58%
Seagate ST4000VX000-1F4168 4TB 3,084 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 19GB free Firmware: CV13 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 200628144 (03) Spinup time 95 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4234 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 9613370 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13655 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1879 (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 70 63 505151518 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 14 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4234 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 77309411358 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	53.4% Above average	Read 91.5 Write 94.7 Mixed 87.8 69% 91.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.2 76% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 106%
Seagate FreeAgent 1TB 1,597 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 440GB free, PID 3001 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	15.1% Very poor	Read 32.9 Write 27 Mixed 29.5 38% 29.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.47 66% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 15.1% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-559.A00LF 4x8GB 480 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.3% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 16.1 MC Mixed 14.7 45% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 13.9 39% 13.7 GB/s	Latency 75.4 53% 75.4 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 84%

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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 $136Bench 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 $324Bench 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 $66Bench 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: 64% - Good

Total price: $525

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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