MSI Z77A-G45 (MS-7752)

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 75.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	9.61% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	53.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7752
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-G45 (MS-7752) (all builds)
Memory	4.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120619
Uptime	3.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 09 '17 at 06:21
Run Duration	372 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 (90^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	Memory 84 1-Core 102 2-Core 197 73% 127 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 389 52% 391 Pts	64-Core 370 23% 370 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% MSI(1462 809D) 1GB CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 950 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	9.61% Terrible	Lighting 10.7 Reflection 11.7 Parallax 8.84 9% 10.4 fps	MRender 15.1 Gravity 11.4 Splatting 14.9 11% 13.8 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.61% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.22 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 110 110 34748988 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 140514150094183 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 151 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 67 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (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 34748988 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 34748988 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 34748988 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 7692 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7063 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7063 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5323	53.7% Above average	Read 459 Write 124 Mixed 180 55% 254 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 48.3 4K Mixed 12.9 74% 27.4 MB/s	DQ Read 148 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 38.4 57% 106 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC4C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 98 33567888 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6932 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 6155704 (09) Power-on hours count 57 57 37984 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 149 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 85 85 15 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 64 9161998367 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 48 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 22433 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 -140737488355297 (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 -29132763162634 (F1) Unknown 100 253 24032790663562 (F2) Unknown 100 253 52609421055328	85.3% Excellent	Read 190 Write 108 Mixed 136 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1.03 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.38 106% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 114%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 3.5TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	43.6% Average	Read 113 Write 110 Mixed 57.8 115% 93.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.34 4K Write 0.93 4K Mixed 0.09 40% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 59%
SMI USB DISK 8GB 3,022 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 6GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	5.9% Terrible	Read 25.8 Write 4.07 Mixed 6.26 11% 12.1 MB/s	4K Read 5.33 4K Write 0.005 4K Mixed 0.005 20% 1.78 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.9% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 2,600 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	50.5% Above average	MC Read 18 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 16.2 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 16.4 SC Mixed 15.1 44% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 73.5 54% 73.5 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 74%

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Typical Z77A-G45 (MS-7752) Builds (Compare 1,231 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	527x
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	63x

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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Total price: $332

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $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