MSI Z77A-G45 (MS-7752)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

System	MSI MS-7752
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-G45 (MS-7752) (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130929
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '16 at 17:30
Run Duration	273 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.5 GHz, turbo 6.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 118 2-Core 239 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 470 62% 466 Pts	64-Core 472 29% 472 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1617 MHz, MLim: 1852 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.9 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Lighting 78.7 Reflection 79.3 Parallax 70.5 64% 76.1 fps	MRender 80.2 Gravity 73.5 Splatting 61.7 58% 71.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 118GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q 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 98 98 9881 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 239 (B1) Unknown 98 98 40 (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 57 52 43 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 24 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14952055719
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$55 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 589GB free Firmware: AX1P5E Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^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 1811 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 232 (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 98 98 911 (0A) Spinup retry count 104 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 85 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 3264 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 167504707611 (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 3453 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 100 100 61 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 186 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	50.4% Above average	Read 90.9 Write 84.9 Mixed 89.3 67% 88.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.21 72% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 62%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$39 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 535GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 173 2108 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 861 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 26333 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 364 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 83 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 777 (C2) HDA temperature 116 103 27 (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	80.9% Excellent	Read 150 Write 131 Mixed 129 103% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 2.63 4K Mixed 0.21 99% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 109%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 182GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 170 4191 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 900 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 52 52 35723 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 752 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 340 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 559 (C2) HDA temperature 118 98 29 (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 1 350563 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	59.8% Above average	Read 106 Write 102 Mixed 104 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.36 105% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 69%
HGST HTS 545050A7E380 500GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 30GB free, PID 0c31 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	11.9% Very poor	Read 31.3 Write 28.1 Mixed 10.7 28% 23.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.39 4K Mixed 0.13 19% 0.27 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 11.9% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CML8GX3M1A1600C10 029E CMV8GX3M1A1600C11 16GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	61.3% Good	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 19.5 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 18.7 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 59.8 67% 59.8 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 61%

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G45 (MS-7752)

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $50Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	529x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	225x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	167x

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	64x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	43x
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: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $243

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16