MSI Z77 MPower (MS-7751)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 73.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	52.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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 (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7751
Motherboard	MSI Z77 MPower (MS-7751) (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131030
Uptime	3.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 23 '16 at 06:00
Run Duration	933 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770K-$175 165,979 User benchmarks, average bench 72% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	Memory 88.7 1-Core 109 2-Core 179 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 320 8-Core 428 48% 374 Pts	64-Core 458 28% 458 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 3684) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6143 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	52.6% Above average	Lighting 66.9 Reflection 66.6 Parallax 59.4 54% 64.3 fps	MRender 68.8 Gravity 60.8 Splatting 52.4 49% 60.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 177GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4552 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 77 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 96 96 123 (AE) Unknown 100 100 44 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4403 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 57 184684970016 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 96 96 4 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 20476004521 (F7) Unknown 100 100 724024326 (F8) Unknown 100 100 3426140499
Poor: 61% Great: 107%
Toshiba MD04ACA500 5TB-$154 3,810 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 3.5TB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 4626 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 28 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 3033 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 28 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 120 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 13 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1553 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 197569937441 (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 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 95 95 2361 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 292 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	97.4% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 178 Mixed 177 130% 172 MB/s	4K Read 4.61 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.32 268% 2.38 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 110%
Toshiba MD04ACA500 5TB-$154 3,810 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 994GB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 4792 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 14 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 2469 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 14 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 9 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 90 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 176095100960 (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 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 94 94 2440 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 209 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	75.7% Very good	Read 136 Write 127 Mixed 128 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.51 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.23 128% 1.28 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 110%
Hitachi HMS5C4040ALE640 4TB 1,439 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 531GB free Firmware: MPAOA580 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 100 (03) Spinup time 128 128 42984538667 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 691 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 113 113 42 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 10765 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 151 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1061 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1061 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 184684249120 (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	42.5% Average	Read 71.4 Write 76.3 Mixed 84.9 59% 77.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.19 90% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 72%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 275GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 206 172 6666 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 560 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 10105 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 132 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 74 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 178 178 66766 (C2) HDA temperature 121 113 31 (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 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	55.1% Above average	Read 92.4 Write 99.2 Mixed 98.6 73% 96.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.23 92% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 83%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 136GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 198 174 5091 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 546 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 10060 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 133 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 70 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 181 181 57381 (C2) HDA temperature 122 114 28 (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 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	43.6% Average	Read 77.4 Write 74.2 Mixed 72.4 56% 74.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.25 100% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 83%
WD My Passport 0827 1.5TB 262 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1.5TB free, PID 0827 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	43.4% Average	Read 96.7 Write 107 Mixed 99.4 132% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.21 76% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D169DS3.16FE 4x8GB 353 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50% Average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 17.3 MC Mixed 16.2 49% 17 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 16.1 SC Mixed 16.4 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 63%

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Gaming 40%

Jet ski

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI Z77 MPower (MS-7751) - $444

CPU
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	228x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	136x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	94x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	64x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	43x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	41x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	23x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	20x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	18x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	12x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	11x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	10x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $899

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 $179	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