MSI Z77A-G45 (MS-7752)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	89.4% 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 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	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 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-7752
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-G45 (MS-7752) (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120904
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '17 at 19:39
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570K-$136 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Memory 89 1-Core 85.1 2-Core 202 72% 126 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 400 53% 397 Pts	64-Core 399 25% 399 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 115 Parallax 99.3 93% 110 fps	MRender 98.3 Gravity 101 Splatting 102 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$49 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 370GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0005DEM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 104470760 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 164 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 43263056 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1449 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 165 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 55 521666590 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 21 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 81 81 38262 (C2) HDA temperature 30 45 68719476766 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 116 99 104470760 (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 -84868553767817 (F1) Unknown 100 253 550085932 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4081457826 (FE) Unknown 1 1 1	49% Average	Read 87.1 Write 83.6 Mixed 59.8 57% 76.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.52 94% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 58%
WD WD6400AACS-00G8B1 640GB 9,045 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 493GB free Firmware: 05.04E05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 140 137 5958 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9383 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 20698 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 417 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 18 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9372 (C2) HDA temperature 117 95 30 (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	48.6% Average	Read 87.3 Write 81.7 Mixed 79.4 62% 82.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.34 109% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 49%
Generic USB3.0 Device 2TB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 438GB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	14.9% Very poor	Read 31 Write 24.1 Mixed 26.2 34% 27.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.17 63% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 14.9% Great: 55%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 160C0 V3 Series 2x8GB 139 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.3% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 20.1 61% 21.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 18.8 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 68.5 58% 68.5 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 61%

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G45 (MS-7752)

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	526x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	224x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	165x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	102x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	97x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	62x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	42x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	40x
840 120GBSamsung $109Bench 61%, 51,792 samples	38x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	29x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	28x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	27x

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Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $332

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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