MSI X79A-GD45 (MS-7735)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 82%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 70%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall 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.
ProcessorWith 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 77.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics102% 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 Drive53.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMSI MS-7735
MotherboardMSI X79A-GD45 (MS-7735)  (all builds)
Memory11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20141208
Uptime3.2 Days
Run DateMar 26 '20 at 23:02
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU5%
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 PC Performing as expected (48th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-3930K-$280
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
77.3% Very good
Memory 86.3
1-Core 81.8
2-Core 186
68% 118 Pts
4-Core 369
8-Core 552
57% 460 Pts
64-Core 680
42% 680 Pts
Poor: 63%
This bench: 77.3%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
EVGA(3842 5180) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66
Performing below potential (51st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
102% Outstanding
Lighting 132
Reflection 144
Parallax 123
108% 133 fps
MRender 112
Gravity 129
Splatting 104
93% 115 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 102%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42
27GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2.15
SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 94 93 91 87 89 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
53.7% Above average
Read 297
Write 136
Mixed 174
SusWrite 91.6
39% 175 MB/s
4K Read 22.3
4K Write 54.7
4K Mixed 25.2
95% 34.1 MB/s
DQ Read 182
DQ Write 134
DQ Mixed 123
101% 146 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 53.7%
Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31
562GB free
Firmware: CC48
SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 98 97 98 97 99 MB/s
Performing below expectations (24th percentile)
77.5% Very good
Read 172
Write 104
Mixed 71.5
SusWrite 97.8
82% 111 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.9
169% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 77.5%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 1600LL Series 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
83.7% Excellent
MC Read 34.1
MC Write 33.3
MC Mixed 30.1
93% 32.5 GB/s
SC Read 14.3
SC Write 12.9
SC Mixed 12.2
38% 13.1 GB/s
Latency 71
56% 71 ns
Poor: 40%
This bench: 83.7%
Great: 90%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical X79A-GD45 (MS-7735) Builds (Compare 97 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 44%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 38%
Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI X79A-GD45 (MS-7735)

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 83% - Excellent Total price: $399
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