MSI Z77 MPower (MS-7751)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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.

System	MSI MS-7751
Motherboard	MSI Z77 MPower (MS-7751) (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131030
Uptime	18 Days
Run Date	Feb 04 '17 at 14:46
Run Duration	260 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 4.2 GHz, turbo 5.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 116 2-Core 232 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 462 60% 451 Pts	64-Core 462 29% 462 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 670-$435 47,610 User benchmarks, average bench 28% MSI(1462 2842) 2GB CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 378.49 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 36.9 Reflection 32.3 Parallax 39.6 30% 36.3 fps	Gravity 43.9 Splatting 36.3 35% 40.1 fps
Poor: 25% Great: 31%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 501GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 167 2208 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 732 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2551 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 730 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 23 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 708 (C2) HDA temperature 108 91 35 (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	88.2% Excellent	Read 151 Write 157 Mixed 114 105% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.14 52% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 340GB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 105587432 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5711 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 132292981 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 12229 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3278 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 153 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 64 48 689635364 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 245 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6362 (C2) HDA temperature 36 52 47244640292 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 26 15 105587432 (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 -50345606631482 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3221046438 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1474031085	39.5% Below average	Read 61 Write 76.6 Mixed 39.6 44% 59.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.16 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.17 46% 0.49 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 12,350 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	61% Good	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 19.6 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 18.7 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 61.3 65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 64%

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Gaming 40%

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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 $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	23x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	20x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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: $899

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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