MSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 60%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics96.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe 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.
Memory16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
SystemMSI MS-7758
MotherboardMSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758)  (all builds)
Memory12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20140307
Uptime0.3 Days
Run DateSep 09 '18 at 22:39
Run Duration121 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU8%

 PC Performing as expected (58th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-3570K-$136
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
83.5% Excellent
Memory 87
1-Core 115
2-Core 234
82% 146 Pts
4-Core 464
8-Core 453
62% 459 Pts
64-Core 459
28% 459 Pts
Poor: 54%
This bench: 83.5%
Great: 79%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
Zotac(19DA 1396) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1607 MHz, MLim: 1805 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.31
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
96.4% Outstanding
Lighting 126
Reflection 125
Parallax 114
103% 122 fps
MRender 101
Gravity 110
Splatting 98.2
84% 103 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 96.4%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
455GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 15.01H15
SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 104 111 122 121 121 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
54% Above average
Read 84.5
Write 71.2
Mixed 33.8
SusWrite 104
54% 73.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.1
34% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 54%
Great: 109%
WD My Passport 25E1 1TB
907GB free, PID 25e1
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 28 28 28 28 28 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
16.8% Very poor
Read 33.3
Write 27.8
Mixed 25.5
SusWrite 27.7
38% 28.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.7
90% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 16%
This bench: 16.8%
Great: 65%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
60.2% Good
MC Read 20.9
MC Write 22.5
MC Mixed 19.6
60% 21 GB/s
SC Read 16.4
SC Write 19.4
SC Mixed 18.6
52% 18.1 GB/s
Latency 70.4
57% 70.4 ns
Poor: 41%
This bench: 60.2%
Great: 63%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z77A-G43 (MS-7758) Builds (Compare 1,873 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 41%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 32%
Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758)

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 89% - Excellent Total price: $280
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