MSI X79A-GD45 Plus (MS-7760)

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	93.9% 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	83.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7760
Motherboard	MSI X79A-GD45 Plus (MS-7760) (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130403
Uptime	6 Days
Run Date	May 19 '20 at 04:02
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3970X-$217 2,677 User benchmarks, average bench 78% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 106 2-Core 208 79% 136 Pts	4-Core 380 8-Core 588 60% 484 Pts	64-Core 776 48% 776 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$294 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Gigabyte(1458 3FC2) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.15 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 116 Parallax 102 99% 113 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 102 Splatting 85.3 85% 106 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 335 307 312 307 303 296 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Read 442 Write 398 Mixed 271 SusWrite 310 80% 355 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 78.1 4K Mixed 26.3 106% 41.7 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 149 162% 273 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 110%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 108GB free Firmware: 1D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 77 79 79 79 79 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	41.2% Average	Read 64.8 Write 62.5 Mixed 59 SusWrite 78.4 49% 66.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 159% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 76%
WD WD6003FZBX-00K5WB0 6TB 9,527 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 5.5TB free Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 238 238 246 243 240 243 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Read 238 Write 224 Mixed 122 SusWrite 241 151% 206 MB/s	4K Read 2.6 4K Write 8 4K Mixed 1.4 412% 4 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 138%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 128GB 114 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 98GB free, PID 0723 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 18 18 18 18 17 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	14.7% Very poor	Read 18.8 Write 15.5 Mixed 17.5 SusWrite 18 24% 17.5 MB/s	4K Read 4.2 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 2.8 189% 3.1 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 14.7% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 4x4GB 1,012 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	MC Read 37.3 MC Write 34 MC Mixed 29.9 96% 33.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 12.9 41% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 99%

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

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Typical X79A-GD45 Plus (MS-7760) Builds (Compare 346 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 40%

Speed boat

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 34%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI X79A-GD45 Plus (MS-7760) - $333

CPU
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	139x
Core i7-4930KIntel $100Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	74x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	45x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	29x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	27x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	25x

SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	13x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	11x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	11x

RAM
4x4GBAdataBench 68%, 1,028 samples	23x
F3 DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 60%, 1,250 samples	7x
F3 DDR3 2400 C11 8x8GBG.SKILLBench 99%, 23 samples	7x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $738

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16