MSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 76%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 59%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics90.3% 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 DriveThe 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.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMSI MS-7758
MotherboardMSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758)  (all builds)
Memory3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20120831
Uptime1.1 Days
Run DateMar 17 '17 at 12:37
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User CHL-User
Background CPU7%
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 PC Performing above expectations (74th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-3570K-$136
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5.15 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
84.8% Excellent
Memory 95.5
1-Core 113
2-Core 225
83% 145 Pts
4-Core 424
8-Core 452
58% 438 Pts
64-Core 455
28% 455 Pts
Poor: 54%
This bench: 84.8%
Great: 79%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.49
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
90.3% Outstanding
Lighting 115
Reflection 115
Parallax 99.7
94% 110 fps
MRender 99.3
Gravity 103
Splatting 104
84% 102 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 90.3%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 250GB-$44
30GB free
Firmware: GM2OA52A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing as expected (47th percentile)
37.7% Below average
Read 63.5
Write 67.9
Mixed 65.5
50% 65.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.59
4K Write 1.13
4K Mixed 0.4
90% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 19%
This bench: 37.7%
Great: 50%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70
39GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC35 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing below expectations (28th percentile)
48.3% Average
Read 94.7
Write 73.5
Mixed 68.8
59% 79 MB/s
4K Read 0.44
4K Write 1.15
4K Mixed 0.29
72% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 34%
This bench: 48.3%
Great: 68%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 2133 C11 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
77.8% Very good
MC Read 28.7
MC Write 29.7
MC Mixed 24.7
79% 27.7 GB/s
SC Read 20.1
SC Write 20.6
SC Mixed 22.2
60% 21 GB/s
Latency 55.5
72% 55.5 ns
Poor: 32%
This bench: 77.8%
Great: 77%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z77A-G43 (MS-7758) Builds (Compare 1,873 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 41%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 32%
Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758)

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 89% - Excellent Total price: $280
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