MSI Z77A-G41 (MS-7758)

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	36.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	39.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (91%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7758
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-G41 (MS-7758) (all builds)
Memory	17.5 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121011
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Jun 03 '17 at 18:38
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	91%

PC Performing below expectations (25^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 4.2 GHz, turbo 5.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	Memory 84.3 1-Core 118 2-Core 193 77% 132 Pts	4-Core 368 8-Core 368 49% 368 Pts	64-Core 331 20% 331 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% AMD(1002 0B00) ≥ 4GB CLim: 947 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	36.4% Below average	Lighting 36.2 Reflection 56.7 Parallax 76 30% 56.3 fps	MRender 56.1 Gravity 50.5 Splatting 71.6 50% 59.4 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2057 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 880 (B1) Unknown 96 96 32 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 48 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 19 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2685691409	39.3% Below average	Read 389 Write 57.5 Mixed 88 38% 178 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 37 4K Mixed 9.99 64% 22.6 MB/s	DQ Read 24.9 DQ Write 49.8 DQ Mixed 11.4 16% 28.7 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 85%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA330 1TB 8,831 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 467GB free Firmware: JP4OA3MA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 100 (03) Spinup time 123 123 25789595963 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1880 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 138 31 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2200 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 788 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1881 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1881 (C2) HDA temperature 230 230 193274445850 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	44.7% Average	Read 81.8 Write 74 Mixed 83.2 60% 79.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.3 74% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL9 Series 8502 1600 CL9 Series 029E CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 20GB 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	36.3% Below average	MC Read 12.1 MC Write 12.3 MC Mixed 11.1 34% 11.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 12.5 SC Mixed 11.9 33% 11.7 GB/s	Latency 72.9 55% 72.9 ns

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

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Gaming 36%

Jet ski

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 28%

Raft

Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G41 (MS-7758) - $232

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	194x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	119x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	101x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	63x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	46x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	36x

SSD
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	25x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	19x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	19x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	17x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	15x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	10x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $606

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $178	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