MSI X79A-GD65 (MS-7736)

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 75.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	80.8% 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	66.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7736
Motherboard	MSI X79A-GD65 (MS-7736) (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140212
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '21 at 10:01
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4930K-$90 22,204 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Memory 87.7 1-Core 98.9 2-Core 176 72% 121 Pts	4-Core 344 8-Core 465 51% 404 Pts	64-Core 738 46% 738 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Nvidia(10DE 17C8) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.8% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 118 Parallax 104 82% 108 fps	MRender 99.3 Gravity 102 Splatting 89.2 79% 96.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 1TB-$100 21,936 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 207GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR070 SusWrite @10s intervals: 218 257 263 288 248 288 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	66.9% Good	Read 340 Write 291 Mixed 257 SusWrite 260 64% 287 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 37.1 4K Mixed 28.7 90% 29.3 MB/s	DQ Read 245 DQ Write 164 DQ Mixed 108 106% 172 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 105%
Toshiba DT01ABA200 2TB 2,995 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 875GB free Firmware: ABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 82 83 82 85 85 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	44.4% Average	Read 70.5 Write 71 Mixed 23.3 SusWrite 84.1 45% 62.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.4 93% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2400 C10 4x4GB 314 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	79.7% Very good	MC Read 33.7 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 29.2 88% 30.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 12.8 SC Mixed 12.1 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 122%

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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 $100Bench 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 $273	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 $179	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16