MSI Z77A-G41 (MS-7758)

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 74.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	31.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	79.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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-7758
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-G41 (MS-7758) (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120619
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 28 '17 at 10:49
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (50^th 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 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	Memory 87.9 1-Core 95.7 2-Core 186 72% 123 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 359 48% 358 Pts	64-Core 359 22% 359 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% PwrHis(1787 2317) 3GB CLim: 955 MHz, MLim: 1375 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.4.3 Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	31.8% Below average	Lighting 39.6 Reflection 27.7 Parallax 37.7 32% 35 fps	MRender 29 Gravity 45 Splatting 38 31% 37.3 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 31.8% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4556 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1184 (B1) Unknown 97 97 56 (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 61 47 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 18 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11163143288	79.2% Very good	Read 514 Write 407 Mixed 414 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 70.5 4K Mixed 19.8 106% 39.5 MB/s	DQ Read 35 DQ Write 83.9 DQ Mixed 19.5 26% 46.1 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 115%
WD Black 500GB (2012)-$49 20,548 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 169GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 173 2175 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3957 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9498 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2429 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 51 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3905 (C2) HDA temperature 106 91 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	91.5% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 129 Mixed 164 121% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 2.67 4K Mixed 0.26 95% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 029E CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 04CD F3-12800CL9-4GBSR2 12GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	35.1% Below average	MC Read 12.1 MC Write 12.3 MC Mixed 9.7 32% 11.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 11.6 SC Mixed 10.7 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 69.6 57% 69.6 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 41%

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Gaming 36%

Jet ski

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 28%

Raft

Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G41 (MS-7758) - $232

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $50Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	198x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	124x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	105x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	64x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	48x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	36x

SSD
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	25x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	20x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	19x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	17x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	15x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	10x

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