MSI Z77A-GD55 (MS-7751)

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	88.6% 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 Drive	89.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7751
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-GD55 (MS-7751) (all builds)
Memory	6.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131120
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Oct 07 '17 at 08:46
Run Duration	240 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Memory 83 1-Core 114 2-Core 205 77% 134 Pts	4-Core 367 8-Core 534 56% 450 Pts	64-Core 583 36% 583 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 83%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2127 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 387.87 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 121 Parallax 104 91% 112 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 106 Splatting 103 85% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 88%
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)	2.15% Terrible	Lighting 2.37 Reflection 3.08 Parallax 1.62 2% 2.36 fps	MRender 3.38 Gravity 1.33 Splatting 4.35 3% 3.02 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.15% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 480GB-$84 9,168 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 143 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 14520 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2452 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 81 81 590 (AE) Unknown 100 100 389 (B4) Unknown 0 0 8217 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 39 266287251488 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 18 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 81 81 19 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 8 (F6) Unknown 100 100 186562648670 (F7) Unknown 100 100 487758371 (F8) Unknown 100 100 327263062	89.3% Excellent	Read 472 Write 410 Mixed 428 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 75.5 4K Mixed 28.1 110% 42.1 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 250 DQ Mixed 47.1 94% 191 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 100%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 500GB 4,068 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 451GB free, PID a006 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	12.3% Very poor	Read 20.4 Write 20.6 Mixed 20.5 26% 20.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.25 62% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.3% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Team--Elite-1333 4x4GB 441 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.3% Average	MC Read 14.4 MC Write 15.5 MC Mixed 13.8 42% 14.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 12.4 SC Mixed 11.8 33% 11.6 GB/s	Latency 75.2 53% 75.2 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 53%

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Typical Z77A-GD55 (MS-7751) Builds (Compare 472 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 39%

Jet ski

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI Z77A-GD55 (MS-7751)

CPU
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	148x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	129x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	74x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	35x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	27x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	23x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	16x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	16x
MX500 500GBCrucial $45Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	15x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	26x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	17x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	13x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $469

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16