MSI Z77 MPower (MS-7751)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	125% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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System	MSI MS-7751
Motherboard	MSI Z77 MPower (MS-7751) (all builds)
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131030
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '18 at 00:31
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 4.4 GHz, turbo 5.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	79.6% Very good	Memory 91.6 1-Core 120 2-Core 221 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 365 8-Core 592 59% 479 Pts	64-Core 601 37% 601 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3609) ≥ 4GB; MSI Aero CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 411.63 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 173 Reflection 187 Parallax 191 141% 184 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 172 Splatting 122 112% 138 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 480GB-$31 13,149 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 467 Write 476 Mixed 389 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 70.7 4K Mixed 37.9 132% 46.4 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 197 184% 283 MB/s
Poor: 58% Great: 101%
TO Exter nal USB 3.0 480GB 188 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 8GB free Firmware: 0203 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable		Read 284 Write 270 Mixed 247 60% 267 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 34.9 4K Mixed 26.3 84% 27.4 MB/s	DQ Read 137 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 125 94% 126 MB/s
Poor: 45% Great: 71%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 486GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 82 84 85 83 83 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	47.4% Average	Read 81.7 Write 76.5 Mixed 52 SusWrite 83.1 54% 73.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 51%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 419GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 81 83 84 83 85 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	47.3% Average	Read 81.5 Write 77.5 Mixed 56.5 SusWrite 82.9 55% 74.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 73,650 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 20.5 MC Mixed 18.3 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 17.5 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 62%

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Gaming 40%

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Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

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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 $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