MSI X79A-GD45 Plus (MS-7760)

Performance Results


Gaming 111% UFO	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	127% 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 Drive	31.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7760
Motherboard	MSI X79A-GD45 Plus (MS-7760) (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141208
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 06 '17 at 16:05
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3820 38,674 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.55 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 96.1 1-Core 124 2-Core 240 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 633 64% 519 Pts	64-Core 635 39% 635 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 859B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2747 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Lighting 184 Reflection 152 Parallax 135 150% 157 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 139 Splatting 117 102% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Chronos 480GB-$200 235 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 395GB free (System drive) Firmware: 580ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st 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 95 95 9343027 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 129175436415921 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1846 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1212 (B1) Unknown 0 0 232 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 28 39 38657261596 (C2) HDA temperature 28 39 38657261596 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 9343027 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 9343027 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 9343027 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 68719476737 (E9) Unknown 0 0 69640 (EA) Unknown 0 0 19926 (F1) Unknown 0 0 19926 (F2) Unknown 0 0 21024	31.7% Below average	Read 245 Write 102 Mixed 164 38% 170 MB/s	4K Read 19.3 4K Write 15.8 4K Mixed 8.56 48% 14.6 MB/s	DQ Read 23.5 DQ Write 43.6 DQ Mixed 8.06 13% 25 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 931GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 129861440 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1633 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 60 1172427 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6187 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 255 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 63 471531547 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 20 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 16360 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 30064771099 (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 -42515881262193 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1587092218 (F2) Unknown 100 253 944507725	109% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 182 Mixed 163 135% 181 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.26 106% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 112%
Seagate Laptop SSHD 2.5" (32GB NAND) 1TB-$41 561 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 879GB free Firmware: SD02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 81282320 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1219 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 14942104 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2072 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 663 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 52 505217053 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9117 (C2) HDA temperature 29 48 77309411357 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	61.6% Good	Read 107 Write 106 Mixed 108 81% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 4.97 4K Mixed 0.6 185% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 66%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 2TB 21,039 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 168GB free Firmware: 0302 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	65.2% Good	Read 105 Write 122 Mixed 112 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.32 80% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2133 C11 4x4GB 602 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	MC Read 42.4 MC Write 47.2 MC Mixed 42.2 126% 43.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 17.3 SC Mixed 16.5 50% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 53.8 74% 53.8 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 110%

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Desktop 78%

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Workstation 34%

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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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	11x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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