MSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758)

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	62.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	62.5% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7758
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758) (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140307
Uptime	10 Days
Run Date	Feb 07 '20 at 06:31
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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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 i5-3470-$59 223,595 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Memory 89.5 1-Core 95.5 2-Core 190 73% 125 Pts	4-Core 365 8-Core 363 49% 364 Pts	64-Core 352 22% 352 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2252 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.4% Good	Lighting 77.7 Reflection 76.2 Parallax 76.3 63% 76.7 fps	MRender 78.9 Gravity 71.3 Splatting 72.9 61% 74.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 320GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 263 298 295 303 300 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Read 268 Write 334 Mixed 238 SusWrite 293 64% 283 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 60.7 4K Mixed 29.4 101% 36.9 MB/s	DQ Read 23.9 DQ Write 83.8 DQ Mixed 33 31% 46.9 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 107%
Hitachi HUA723030ALA640 3TB-$71 11,382 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 1.5TB free Firmware: MKAOAA50 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 62 63 63 63 62 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	52.3% Above average	Read 120 Write 117 Mixed 83.8 SusWrite 61.8 71% 95.6 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 190% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 87%
WD Black 750GB (2008)-$140 11,698 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 54GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 61 62 63 63 62 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	41.5% Average	Read 82.5 Write 76.3 Mixed 62.7 SusWrite 61.5 52% 70.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 185% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 43,127 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	60% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 19.7 60% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 16.8 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 63%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z77A-G43 (MS-7758) Builds (Compare 1,873 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758)

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	479x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	344x
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 $54Bench 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 $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