MSI X79A-GD45 Plus (MS-7760)

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 37.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	90.3% 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	76.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7760
Motherboard	MSI X79A-GD45 Plus (MS-7760) (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141208
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 14 '20 at 02:38
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing below expectations (37^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, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	37.3% Below average	Memory 44.7 1-Core 82.9 2-Core 141 50% 89.5 Pts	4-Core 161 8-Core 319 28% 240 Pts	64-Core 388 24% 388 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% EVGA(3842 3173) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.3% Outstanding	Lighting 103 Reflection 110 Parallax 115 84% 109 fps	MRender 166 Gravity 126 Splatting 96 102% 129 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 139 137 137 136 103 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Read 428 Write 152 Mixed 213 SusWrite 131 51% 231 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 80 4K Mixed 37.2 141% 50.2 MB/s	DQ Read 212 DQ Write 155 DQ Mixed 164 128% 177 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 113GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 152 153 153 153 154 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Read 160 Write 122 Mixed 68 SusWrite 153 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 112%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 220GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 160 162 162 162 163 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Read 136 Write 130 Mixed 85 SusWrite 161 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1 212% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 109%
SanDisk Cruzer Fit 8GB 4,577 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 7GB free, PID 5571 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.7 2.4 3.9 4 4 4 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	9.45% Terrible	Read 19.5 Write 12 Mixed 11.3 SusWrite 3.5 14% 11.6 MB/s	4K Read 5.3 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1.6 125% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.45% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GB 3,795 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 1 of 8 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	18.8% Very poor	MC Read 7.6 MC Write 6.9 MC Mixed 6.9 20% 7.13 GB/s	SC Read 2.6 SC Write 2.5 SC Mixed 1.8 6% 2.3 GB/s	Latency 182 22% 182 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 18.8% Great: 32%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical X79A-GD45 Plus (MS-7760) Builds (Compare 345 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 40%

Speed boat

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 34%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI X79A-GD45 Plus (MS-7760) - $333

CPU
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	139x
Core i7-4930KIntel $100Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	74x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	45x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	29x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	27x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	25x

SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	13x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	11x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	11x

RAM
4x4GBAdataBench 68%, 1,028 samples	23x
F3 DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 60%, 1,250 samples	7x
F3 DDR3 2400 C11 8x8GBG.SKILLBench 99%, 23 samples	7x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $738

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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