MSI Z77A-GD65 (MS-7751)

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


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 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.2% 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 Drive	65% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7751
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-GD65 (MS-7751) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20121217
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 16 '16 at 18:14
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	3%

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 i7-3770K-$175 165,979 User benchmarks, average bench 72% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 87 1-Core 125 2-Core 250 86% 154 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 615 69% 539 Pts	64-Core 614 38% 614 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 8546) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6519 Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.2% Very good	Lighting 100 Reflection 104 Parallax 94.9 82% 99.8 fps	MRender 88.5 Gravity 89.8 Splatting 83.6 71% 87.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.22 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 108 21899177 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 69449621184735 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1477 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 168 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 21899177 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 21899177 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 21899177 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 7093 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5665 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5665 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8994	65% Good	Read 515 Write 131 Mixed 172 59% 273 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 81.9 4K Mixed 13 102% 40.9 MB/s	DQ Read 184 DQ Write 141 DQ Mixed 44.4 65% 123 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 82%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1TB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2218 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 67 66 10191 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5115 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 32522 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 9 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 451 (B5) Unknown 100 100 413672 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1204 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 43 274878824470 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 66 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 2386 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 9 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 5129	58.8% Above average	Read 96.5 Write 108 Mixed 61.3 66% 88.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 2.22 4K Mixed 0.39 109% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 72%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 686GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 172 6008 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4856 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8516 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1670 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 159 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 155 155 137499 (C2) HDA temperature 126 109 24 (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	74.1% Very good	Read 142 Write 116 Mixed 89.3 86% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.2 72% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 83%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 189GB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 153248365 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6689 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 176198853612 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13593 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 37 2265 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 489634201832 (BD) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 77 55 420675607 (C2) HDA temperature 23 45 21474836503 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 45 25 153248365 (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 124330713302345 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4207613749 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1029711387	32.8% Below average	Read 56.9 Write 57.1 Mixed 26.2 34% 46.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.33 79% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905471-011.A00LF 9905471-011.A00LF 029E CMX8GX3M2A1333C9 029E CMX8GX3M2A1333C9 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	49.3% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 16.7 MC Mixed 15.1 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 17.2 48% 17 GB/s	Latency 70.5 57% 70.5 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 51%

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Typical Z77A-GD65 (MS-7751) Builds (Compare 610 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 59%

Gunboat

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 49%

Yacht

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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Total price: $657

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16