MSI X79A-GD45 (8D) (MS-7760)

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	77.2% 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	35.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7760
Motherboard	MSI X79A-GD45 (8D) (MS-7760) (all builds)
Memory	28.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121018
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 26 '18 at 10:39
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3930K-$280 33,172 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 0 GHz, turbo 0 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Memory 88.2 1-Core 97.1 2-Core 196 74% 127 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 568 59% 473 Pts	64-Core 762 47% 762 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1394) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.2% Very good	Lighting 101 Reflection 104 Parallax 104 82% 103 fps	MRender 87.5 Gravity 90.2 Splatting 74.7 68% 84.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 250GB 2,100 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: 7B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 33 35 32 38 44 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	35.5% Below average	Read 94.2 Write 44.7 Mixed 78.3 SusWrite 36.8 14% 63.5 MB/s	4K Read 20.2 4K Write 41.8 4K Mixed 16.4 74% 26.1 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 41.7 DQ Mixed 48.8 66% 128 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 102%
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 128GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 251 206 100 93 62 74 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	40% Average	Read 265 Write 252 Mixed 53.5 SusWrite 131 39% 175 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 14.9 4K Mixed 8.7 58% 16.5 MB/s	DQ Read 176 DQ Write 35 DQ Mixed 31.7 42% 80.8 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 103%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$60 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 177 178 178 178 179 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Read 146 Write 116 Mixed 88.5 SusWrite 178 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3-2400C10-8G Corsair CMY16GX3M2A24 F3-2400C10-8G Corsair CMY16GX3M2A24 32GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	85.7% Excellent	MC Read 35.3 MC Write 33.5 MC Mixed 31 95% 33.3 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 13.5 SC Mixed 12.1 39% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 86%

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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-GD45 (8D) (MS-7760) Builds (Compare 234 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 60%

Destroyer

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 50%

Yacht

Motherboard: MSI X79A-GD45 (8D) (MS-7760)

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	119x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	41x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples	24x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	26x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	23x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	16x

SSD
128GB 128GBSSDBench 65%, 7,332 samples	16x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	10x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x

RAM
99U5471-012.A 99U5471-020.A 9905471-006.A 9905471-006.A 16GBKingstonBench 86%, 17 samples	13x
F3 DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 65%, 473 samples	10x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 67%, 1,867 samples	5x

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Value: 143% - Outstanding

Total price: $132

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16