MSI Z77A-G41 (MS-7758)

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 71.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	128% 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.
Boot Drive	89.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	19 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120619
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 28 '22 at 21:47
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing below expectations (38^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 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	71.3% Very good	Memory 79.6 1-Core 101 2-Core 179 70% 120 Pts	4-Core 340 8-Core 504 52% 422 Pts	64-Core 503 31% 503 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3607) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 512.59 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Lighting 175 Reflection 189 Parallax 184 142% 182 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 187 Splatting 127 121% 150 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 269GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKK1B3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 412 421 417 423 410 419 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Read 395 Write 346 Mixed 355 SusWrite 417 85% 378 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 81.7 4K Mixed 28.9 118% 45.2 MB/s	DQ Read 220 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 169 160% 246 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 102%
Corsair Force GS 128GB-$150 5,048 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 81GB free Firmware: 5.05A SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 178 182 181 182 183 MB/s Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	67.8% Good	Read 266 Write 254 Mixed 254 SusWrite 175 53% 237 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 78.1 4K Mixed 30.9 119% 44.6 MB/s	DQ Read 224 DQ Write 235 DQ Mixed 135 128% 198 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 86%
Samsung 870 QVO 1TB-$113 80,665 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 758GB free Firmware: SVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 235 238 236 238 238 237 MB/s Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	72.9% Very good	Read 255 Write 239 Mixed 238 SusWrite 237 55% 242 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 76.3 4K Mixed 34.8 128% 46.5 MB/s	DQ Read 203 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 195 147% 196 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 128%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$40 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 206GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 118 119 119 119 118 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Read 95.4 Write 98.4 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 118 71% 96.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 216% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 108%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 100GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 58 60 60 60 60 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	31.8% Below average	Read 50.9 Write 53.2 Mixed 43.4 SusWrite 59.3 38% 51.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 31.8% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL9-9-9 D3-1333 8502 PSD34G160081 8313 CL9-9-9 D3-1333 8502 PSD34G160081 24GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	48.1% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 16.7 MC Mixed 15 46% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 16.3 47% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 81.3 49% 81.3 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 48%

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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 $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	196x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	120x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	103x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	63x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	47x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	36x

SSD
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	25x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	19x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $606

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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