MSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 25% Raft	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	27.2% 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)
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7758
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758) (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors, 1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140307
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '17 at 21:18
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 124 2-Core 242 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 625 64% 516 Pts	64-Core 620 38% 620 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 83%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 3000 (Desktop V2 1.35 GHz)-$15 6,831 User benchmarks, average bench 2% MSI(1462 2111) 2.2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	2.26% Terrible	Lighting 2.47 Reflection 3.42 Parallax 1.69 2% 2.53 fps	MRender 3.67 Gravity 1.37 Splatting 4.57 3% 3.2 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.26% Great: 2%
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Sapphire(174B E271) CLim: 1070 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.5.1 Performing below potential (70^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	27.2% Poor	Lighting 34.2 Reflection 31 Parallax 41.6 28% 35.6 fps	MRender 28 Gravity 29.2 Splatting 35.9 26% 31 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 27.2% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2453 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 395 (B1) Unknown 99 99 35 (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 64 52 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 4 (EB) Unknown 99 99 115 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8561445225
Poor: 71% Great: 124%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 97GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 171 4091 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3137 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18317 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2052 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 729 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 166 166 103782 (C2) HDA temperature 114 104 33 (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 200 156 19899 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	47.4% Average	Read 87 Write 77.7 Mixed 85.2 63% 83.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.21 99% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 84%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 225 221 7733 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3878 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 29517 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2696 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 859 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 754580 (C2) HDA temperature 113 106 37 (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 200 191 1726 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	33.7% Below average	Read 59.7 Write 57.4 Mixed 56.7 44% 57.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.21 70% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B1G73DB0-CK0 2x8GB 9,947 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	67.6% Good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 22.4 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 17.2 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 60%

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

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Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758)

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	478x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	343x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	248x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	141x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	135x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	124x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	60x
MX500 500GBCrucial $48Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	55x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	54x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	48x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	42x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 53%, 47,852 samples	35x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $280

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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