MSI Z77 MPower (MS-7751)

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 64.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	125% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	46.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7751
Motherboard	MSI Z77 MPower (MS-7751) (all builds)
Memory	3.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121219
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Sep 26 '18 at 04:10
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	46%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3450-$59 34,199 User benchmarks, average bench 66% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	64.2% Good	Memory 90.3 1-Core 93.9 2-Core 175 71% 120 Pts	4-Core 221 8-Core 234 30% 228 Pts	64-Core 339 21% 339 Pts
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6598) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 170 Reflection 200 Parallax 186 138% 185 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 182 Splatting 127 118% 146 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 50 41 50 40 52 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	46.4% Average	Read 325 Write 51.5 Mixed 82.2 SusWrite 47.2 27% 127 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 33.4 4K Mixed 17.6 73% 24.3 MB/s	DQ Read 336 DQ Write 40.5 DQ Mixed 47.2 70% 141 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 73%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 766GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1424 1127 1214 1208 1216 1215 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	246% Outstanding	Read 1,841 Write 1,606 Mixed 781 SusWrite 1,234 305% 1,365 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 56.5 180% 64.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,027 DQ Write 810 DQ Mixed 808 635% 882 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 246% Great: 302%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 88GB free Firmware: DXM05B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 446 377 360 374 386 387 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 459 Write 437 Mixed 340 SusWrite 388 91% 406 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 85.5 4K Mixed 42.7 142% 52 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 171 175% 287 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 116%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 648GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 118 117 118 120 120 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	62.3% Good	Read 99.2 Write 95 Mixed 55.8 SusWrite 118 67% 92 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 119% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 88%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$81 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 113 119 117 120 117 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	68.2% Good	Read 120 Write 114 Mixed 60.6 SusWrite 118 75% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 180% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL9 Series 2x4GB 5,041 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	MC Read 20 MC Write 19.5 MC Mixed 17.2 54% 18.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 15.4 SC Mixed 12.8 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 64%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 33%

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Motherboard: MSI Z77 MPower (MS-7751) - $444

CPU
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	228x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	136x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	94x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	64x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	43x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	41x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	23x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	20x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	18x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	12x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	11x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	10x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $898

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $42	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	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