MSI X79A-GD45 (8D) (MS-7760)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	98.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	95.1% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	MSI MS-7760
Motherboard	MSI X79A-GD45 (8D) (MS-7760) (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20131220
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Nov 25 '16 at 22:07
Run Duration	253 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3930K-$280 33,172 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Memory 83.8 1-Core 100 2-Core 201 74% 129 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 624 62% 506 Pts	64-Core 719 44% 719 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 375.95 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.8% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 152 Parallax 108 99% 127 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 141 Splatting 109 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 113GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6527 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1797 (B1) Unknown 98 98 104 (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 65 52 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1743 (F1) Unknown 99 99 15728130060	95.1% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 451 Mixed 475 108% 482 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 74.3 4K Mixed 26.5 105% 40.6 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 146 160% 271 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 33GB free Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6531 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1783 (B1) Unknown 99 99 26 (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 72 58 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1733 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4503474230	57.9% Above average	Read 267 Write 213 Mixed 248 54% 243 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 47.1 4K Mixed 22.6 88% 30.8 MB/s	DQ Read 165 DQ Write 162 DQ Mixed 106 95% 144 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 137288672 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1243 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 20703359 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6462 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1157 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 52 487718941 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1101 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 72 72 56115 (C2) HDA temperature 29 48 51539607581 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 811748824419 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12298584967 (F2) Unknown 100 253 12550123418	91.9% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 148 Mixed 158 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.23 68% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 114%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 4GB 7,184 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 4GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	4.84% Terrible	Read 14 Write 7.66 Mixed 8.33 12% 9.98 MB/s	4K Read 4.66 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.008 18% 1.56 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 4.84% Great: 12%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 430 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.8% Average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 13.9 MC Mixed 14 42% 14.7 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 12.6 SC Mixed 10.7 34% 11.8 GB/s	Latency 73.7 54% 73.7 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 71%

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Typical X79A-GD45 (8D) (MS-7760) Builds (Compare 232 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 60%

Destroyer

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 50%

Yacht

Motherboard: MSI X79A-GD45 (8D) (MS-7760)

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	118x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	41x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples	24x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	26x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	23x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	16x

SSD
128GB 128GBSSDBench 65%, 7,332 samples	16x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	10x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x

RAM
99U5471-012.A 99U5471-020.A 9905471-006.A 9905471-006.A 16GBKingstonBench 86%, 17 samples	13x
F3 DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 65%, 473 samples	10x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 67%, 1,867 samples	5x

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Value: 143% - Outstanding

Total price: $132

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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