MSI X79A-GD65 (8D) (MS-7760)

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	64.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	67.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7760
Motherboard	MSI X79A-GD65 (8D) (MS-7760) (all builds)
Memory	27.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141208
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 25 '16 at 20:21
Run Duration	285 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3820 38,674 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	73.7% Very good	Memory 81.5 1-Core 77.2 2-Core 195 67% 118 Pts	4-Core 362 8-Core 479 53% 420 Pts	64-Core 491 30% 491 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2986) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 375.95 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	64.7% Good	Lighting 85.2 Reflection 84.8 Parallax 86.2 70% 85.4 fps	MRender 76 Gravity 62.9 Splatting 65.3 55% 68.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 240GB-$139 12,595 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -88562224725046 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1099 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1099 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1099 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 894345 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 38 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 894345 (F2) Unknown 100 100 555878 (F9) Unknown 100 100 33377	67.7% Good	Read 478 Write 188 Mixed 292 70% 319 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 75 4K Mixed 15.9 97% 38.3 MB/s	DQ Read 257 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 70.9 88% 158 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 95%
Intel 520 Series 240GB-$139 12,595 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 16GB free Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -23682448750580 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1094 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 1 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1094 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1094 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 719494 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 30 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 719494 (F2) Unknown 100 100 316261 (F9) Unknown 100 100 22087	74.1% Very good	Read 475 Write 247 Mixed 310 76% 344 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 76 4K Mixed 18.4 105% 40.4 MB/s	DQ Read 263 DQ Write 159 DQ Mixed 89.6 99% 170 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 95%
WD Re 2TB (2012)-$29 5,893 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 145GB free Firmware: 01.01K03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 176 4 (03) Spinup time 176 168 6175 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2153 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 8027 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 239 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 108 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2044 (C2) HDA temperature 116 110 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 9	54.1% Above average	Read 81.5 Write 107 Mixed 103 74% 97.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 2.53 4K Mixed 0.38 106% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 112GB free Firmware: CC4C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 88 9424976 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10372 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1296 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 45130129 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 24986 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1101 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 2578 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 93 93 7 (BE) vendor-specific 65 58 4901109795 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 189 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 75 75 51051 (C2) HDA temperature 35 42 -140737488355293 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 144 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 144 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -36932423772272 (F1) Unknown 100 253 -25905784450683 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -49894355152675	61.2% Good	Read 87.5 Write 126 Mixed 126 86% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 0.86 4K Mixed 0.32 70% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 114%
SAMSUNG HM500JI 500GB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 236GB free, PID 021a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	14.3% Very poor	Read 28.6 Write 25.6 Mixed 25.4 34% 26.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.4 64% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 14.3% Great: 19%
WD My Passport 2TB 10,723 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 71GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	13.2% Very poor	Read 31.8 Write 25.6 Mixed 22.8 33% 26.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 0.96 4K Mixed 0.13 38% 0.48 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 13.2% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 210 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	MC Read 31.5 MC Write 37.4 MC Mixed 32.8 97% 33.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 13.2 SC Mixed 12.5 39% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 77.8 51% 77.8 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 102%

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Gaming 28%

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Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 24%

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Motherboard: MSI X79A-GD65 (8D) (MS-7760) - $342

CPU
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	47x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	42x
Core i7-3930KIntelBench 77%, 4,060 samples	20x

GPU
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	14x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	14x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	11x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	12x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	7x
240GB 240GBKingmaxBench 72%, 2,389 samples	6x

RAM
F3 DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 41%, 1,091 samples	5x
HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x4GBKingstonBench 80%, 411 samples	5x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 67%, 1,867 samples	5x

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Value: 52% - Above average

Total price: $920

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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