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MSI Z77A-G41 (MS-7758)

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	20.3% 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	72.6% 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.

System	MSI MS-7758
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-G41 (MS-7758) (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121011
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 20 '21 at 18:42
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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-$150 165,979 User benchmarks, average bench 72% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	79.9% Very good	Memory 87.5 1-Core 111 2-Core 220 79% 140 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 540 59% 467 Pts	64-Core 565 35% 565 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Gigabyte(1458 354E) 2GB CLim: 1254 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	20.3% Poor	Lighting 22.5 Reflection 30.7 Parallax 26.4 18% 26.5 fps	MRender 33.1 Gravity 30.8 Splatting 25.9 24% 29.9 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 20.3% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$79 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: 502ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 110 111 112 105 106 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	72.6% Very good	Read 394 Write 145 Mixed 203 SusWrite 109 47% 213 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 84.2 4K Mixed 36.3 140% 51 MB/s	DQ Read 175 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 147 114% 157 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 87%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$57 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 225GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 100 103 103 103 103 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	58.3% Above average	Read 103 Write 98 Mixed 63.4 SusWrite 100 67% 91.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 60%
Seagate ST3250824AS 250GB-$148 4,794 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 232GB free Firmware: 3.ADH SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 65 66 66 66 65 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	36.6% Below average	Read 62.6 Write 64.8 Mixed 43.3 SusWrite 64.9 43% 58.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 136% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 37%

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)	60.4% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 19.5 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 18.8 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 70 57% 70 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 63%

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Typical Z77A-G41 (MS-7758) Builds (Compare 750 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 36%

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Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 28%

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

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $70Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	202x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	130x
Core i7-3770KIntel $150Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	108x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	65x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	50x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	38x

SSD
A400 480GBKingston $35Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	27x
A400 240GBKingston $25Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	21x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	19x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	19x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	15x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	10x

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Value: 65% - Good

Total price: $537

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
Intel Core i5-13600K $210	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $380	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $82
Intel Core i5-12400F $111	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $370