MSI X79A-GD65 (8D) (MS-7760)

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 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 75.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	119% 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	73.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7760
Motherboard	MSI X79A-GD65 (8D) (MS-7760) (all builds)
Memory	20.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141208
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 04 '17 at 21:14
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3960X-$265 2,165 User benchmarks, average bench 78% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	Memory 84.7 1-Core 97.3 2-Core 192 72% 125 Pts	4-Core 356 8-Core 568 57% 462 Pts	64-Core 718 44% 718 Pts
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6393) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	119% Outstanding	Lighting 158 Reflection 195 Parallax 175 129% 176 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 174 Splatting 121 114% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 5 0 5 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 17069 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4724 (E8) Unknown 100 100 43639306623 (E9) Unknown 93 0 93	73.3% Very good	Read 433 Write 375 Mixed 382 88% 397 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 86 4K Mixed 14.8 96% 40.6 MB/s	DQ Read 20.3 DQ Write 213 DQ Mixed 14.2 42% 82.6 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 104%
OCZ AMD Radeon R7 120GB-$67 1,123 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 17GB free Firmware: 1.00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10165 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 884 (AB) Unknown 100 100 41464912 (AE) Unknown 100 100 21 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 138 (D2) Unknown 100 100 1 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 96 96 96 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5068 (F2) Unknown 100 100 11822 (F9) Unknown 100 100 273429849	75.2% Very good	Read 503 Write 427 Mixed 456 103% 462 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 85 4K Mixed 13.8 93% 39.6 MB/s	DQ Read 19 DQ Write 71.3 DQ Mixed 75 49% 55.1 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 104%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$33 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 625GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 231113242 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10293 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 4336290759 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14351 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1696 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 99 99 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 1703974 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 51 538902560 (C2) HDA temperature 32 49 64424509472 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 36 19 231113242 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 50302656993441 (F1) Unknown 100 253 990633505 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1974769324	55.5% Above average	Read 96.9 Write 96.3 Mixed 106 76% 99.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.33 96% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown AP38G1869U2K R938G2401U2S AP38G1869U2K R938G2401U2S 24GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.6% Above average	MC Read 19.8 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 17.2 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 13 SC Mixed 11.5 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 54%

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Typical X79A-GD65 (8D) (MS-7760) Builds (Compare 173 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 28%

Raft

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 24%

Surfboard

Motherboard: MSI X79A-GD65 (8D) (MS-7760) - $342

CPU
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	47x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	42x
Core i7-3930KIntelBench 77%, 4,060 samples	20x

GPU
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	14x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	14x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	11x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	12x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	7x
240GB 240GBKingmaxBench 72%, 2,389 samples	6x

RAM
F3 DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 41%, 1,091 samples	5x
HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x4GBKingstonBench 80%, 411 samples	5x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 67%, 1,867 samples	5x

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Value: 52% - Above average

Total price: $920

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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