MSI X79A-GD65 (MS-7736)

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	67.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	48.9% 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.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7736
Motherboard	MSI X79A-GD65 (MS-7736) (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 0 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141208
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '17 at 21:43
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3960X 4,885 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 94.7 1-Core 110 2-Core 221 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 666 69% 553 Pts	64-Core 851 53% 851 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	67.3% Good	Lighting 85.1 Reflection 15.3 Parallax 83.1 69% 61.2 fps	MRender 84.2 Gravity 79 Splatting 71.2 63% 78.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
OCZ Trion 150 480GB-$300 13,412 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 205GB free (System drive) Firmware: 12.2 Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	48.9% Average	Read 526 Write 362 Mixed 305 88% 398 MB/s	4K Read 2.86 4K Write 0.001 4K Mixed 9.39 16% 4.08 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 101%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$38 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 153 Mixed 165 126% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 5.34 4K Mixed 0.59 192% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
GEIL CL11-11-11 D3 2x8GB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	69% Good	MC Read 28 MC Write 23.6 MC Mixed 23.1 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 14.3 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 57.8 69% 57.8 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 69%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical X79A-GD65 (MS-7736) Builds (Compare 12 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 66%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 81%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: MSI X79A-GD65 (MS-7736)

CPU
Core i7-4930KIntel $90Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	8x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	2x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	2x

GPU
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	3x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	3x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	3x

SSD
850 Pro 256GBSamsung $125Bench 102%, 141,929 samples	6x
MX300 1TBCrucial $90Bench 91%, 21,936 samples	2x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	2x

RAM
F3 DDR3 2400 C10 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 87%, 314 samples	8x
F3 DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 57%, 2,734 samples	2x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 67%, 1,867 samples	1x

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Value: 38% - Below average

Total price: $775

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16