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

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	84.7% 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	46% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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.

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

System	MSI MS-7760
Motherboard	MSI X79A-GD65 (8D) (MS-7760) (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 64 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20121018
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 04 '16 at 18:21
Run Duration	300 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (48^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 0 GHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	79.6% Very good	Memory 84.7 1-Core 101 2-Core 202 74% 129 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 608 63% 505 Pts	64-Core 748 46% 748 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3307) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7290 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 119 Parallax 101 86% 108 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 99.8 Splatting 101 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 63GB free Firmware: DXM0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4329 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2856 (B1) Unknown 97 97 100 (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 73 60 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 716 (F1) Unknown 99 99 32240052848	104% Outstanding	Read 525 Write 440 Mixed 502 109% 489 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 25.8 149% 59.1 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 68.1 108% 210 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 116%
Adata S510 120GB 690 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.3. Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 80 80 17859656 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 46643344842251 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3137 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 222 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 27 35 55836868635 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 17859656 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 17859656 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 17859656 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 6531 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5443 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5443 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8407	46% Average	Read 162 Write 94.9 Mixed 107 27% 122 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 91.3 4K Mixed 16 101% 42.9 MB/s	DQ Read 94.9 DQ Write 95.9 DQ Mixed 28 40% 72.9 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 79%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC51 Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Read 147 Write 140 Mixed 139 107% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.21 74% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 96%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 236GB free Firmware: 05.0 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	55.5% Above average	Read 100 Write 92.9 Mixed 101 74% 98.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.39 104% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 76%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 41GB free Firmware: CC52 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 120631976 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5843 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4428678 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5935 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2620 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 71 55 4799725597 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 482 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 66 66 68155 (C2) HDA temperature 29 45 -140737488355299 (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 48382806590644 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16786619137 (F2) Unknown 100 253 18748770898	48.3% Average	Read 88.2 Write 80.4 Mixed 70.9 60% 79.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 0.82 4K Mixed 0.15 49% 0.46 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 96%
Hitachi HTS545050B9A300 500GB-$71 21,137 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 21GB free Firmware: PB4O Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 128 128 103079215106 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 6548 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 15690 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2926 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 37 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 67 67 335475 (C2) HDA temperature 220 220 219044118553 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	37.1% Below average	Read 80.4 Write 48.8 Mixed 74.5 52% 67.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.37 86% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 45%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 64GB-$23 12,481 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 59GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	12.5% Very poor	Read 34 Write 13.4 Mixed 15.9 23% 21.1 MB/s	4K Read 3.46 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.77 81% 1.82 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 12.5% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ32GX3M4X16 1600 CL10 Ser CMZ32GX3M4X16 1600 CL10 Ser CMZ32GX3M4X16 1600 CL10 Ser CMZ32GX3M4X16 1600 CL10 Ser 64GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	82.7% Excellent	MC Read 34.2 MC Write 31.8 MC Mixed 30 91% 32 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 13.9 SC Mixed 12.2 39% 13.6 GB/s	Latency 72.4 55% 72.4 ns
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 83%

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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%

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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 $269	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 $177	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