MSI Z77A-G45 (MS-7752)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	72.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	MSI MS-7752
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-G45 (MS-7752) (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120619
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 03 '18 at 13:45
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770-$297 278,207 User benchmarks, average bench 69% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Memory 87.1 1-Core 113 2-Core 228 80% 143 Pts	4-Core 366 8-Core 574 58% 470 Pts	64-Core 574 36% 574 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% MSI(1462 3208) CLim: 1468 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 397.31 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 22% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13724 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 4945 (B1) Unknown 96 96 131 (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 69 54 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 51 (F1) Unknown 99 99 15339791690	72.2% Very good	Read 513 Write 286 Mixed 306 81% 368 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 61.8 4K Mixed 16.3 89% 33.9 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 72 DQ Mixed 55.7 73% 137 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 76%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 59GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 154 149 5291 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5893 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 20079 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7911 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 75 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7911 (C2) HDA temperature 110 97 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 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	34.8% Below average	Read 64.6 Write 56.1 Mixed 70.7 48% 63.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.33 99% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ32GX3M4X1600C10 029E CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 16GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	50.5% Above average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 17.2 MC Mixed 15.7 49% 17 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 16.8 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 70.4 57% 70.4 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 52%

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 32%

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Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G45 (MS-7752)

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	527x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	224x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	165x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	102x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	97x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	63x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	42x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	40x
840 120GBSamsung $109Bench 61%, 51,792 samples	38x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	29x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	28x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	27x

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Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $332

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 $177	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