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

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	51.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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-7760
Motherboard	MSI X79A-GD65 (8D) (MS-7760) (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141208
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '18 at 03:11
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 95.5 1-Core 106 2-Core 210 80% 137 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 611 64% 514 Pts	64-Core 768 48% 768 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-$329 50,279 User benchmarks, average bench 45% Nvidia(10DE 104B) 3GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 391.35 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 41% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 138GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71B1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 5 (94) Unknown 255 255 0 (95) Unknown 255 255 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 13 (AA) Unknown 100 100 11 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 255 255 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C2) HDA temperature 63 61 167505166373 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 130 (F1) Unknown 100 100 111 (F2) Unknown 100 100 68 (F4) Unknown 100 100 0 (F5) Unknown 100 100 2 (F6) Unknown 100 100 5300	51.1% Above average	Read 338 Write 227 Mixed 239 59% 268 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 45 4K Mixed 6.16 71% 25.7 MB/s	DQ Read 30.5 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 8.16 29% 60.3 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 100%
Seagate Expansion 500GB 5,329 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 226GB free Firmware: 0707 Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	53% Above average	Read 94.1 Write 90.7 Mixed 89.4 69% 91.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.43 95% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 62%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 63GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 234874952 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2258 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 88487502 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7946 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1247 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 283472168054 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 55 555286561 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 164 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 74 74 53889 (C2) HDA temperature 33 45 68719476769 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 1 25820 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 39844411610008 (F1) Unknown 100 253 42446617571 (F2) Unknown 100 253 473438184621	86.7% Excellent	Read 162 Write 140 Mixed 138 110% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.21 77% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 112%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 29GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 136 135 4158 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 582 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2641 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 523 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 102 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 479 (C2) HDA temperature 107 91 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	48.5% Average	Read 81.7 Write 87.2 Mixed 83.3 63% 84.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.29 76% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 1,250 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	MC Read 44.2 MC Write 44.1 MC Mixed 40.1 122% 42.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 14.4 SC Mixed 13.8 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 55.6 72% 55.6 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 107%

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

Gaming 28%

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Desktop 78%

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Workstation 24%

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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 $400Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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