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

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	68.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	45.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7760
Motherboard	MSI X79A-GD65 (8D) (MS-7760) (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 0 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141208
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 07 '17 at 04:43
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 119 2-Core 238 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 748 75% 612 Pts	64-Core 907 56% 907 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-$199 18,014 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Sapphire(174B E329) CLim: 1100 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.3.3 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	68.9% Good	Lighting 87 Reflection 61 Parallax 124 71% 90.7 fps	MRender 61.9 Gravity 95.4 Splatting 79.4 65% 78.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ AGILITY3 90GB 1,142 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 88 88 9633225 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 -11742440577581 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6816 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1641 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 9633225 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 9633225 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 9633225 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 10398 (EA) Unknown 0 0 13740 (F1) Unknown 0 0 13740 (F2) Unknown 0 0 24271	45.8% Average	Read 204 Write 91.1 Mixed 94.2 28% 130 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 93.6 4K Mixed 11.1 103% 43.6 MB/s	DQ Read 29.4 DQ Write 96.8 DQ Mixed 10.8 23% 45.7 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 55%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 473GB free Firmware: HP35 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 97 157454454 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 83 83 18003 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 18 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 8810881922 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13271 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 9161 (B4) Unknown 100 100 80658843 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 114 (BC) Unknown 100 99 25770197036 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 52 522059806 (C2) HDA temperature 30 48 42949672990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 46 21 157454454 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 18 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1	48.4% Average	Read 75.4 Write 93.2 Mixed 71.5 60% 80 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.36 93% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 68%
Seagate Laptop SSHD 2.5" 1TB-$41 64,201 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 466GB free Firmware: SM30 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 191747424 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1085 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 31590189 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1545 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1270 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590131209 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 57 572391457 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 18 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 26833 (C2) HDA temperature 33 43 60129542177 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 194 267 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	44.4% Average	Read 62.3 Write 91.1 Mixed 58.5 53% 70.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 4.91 4K Mixed 0.66 195% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 65%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 275GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 152219552 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4564 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 142876482 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8076 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7983 (B7) Unknown 98 98 2 (B8) Unknown 99 99 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 57 64425558503 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 52 471531548 (C2) HDA temperature 28 48 30064771100 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 30 17 152219552 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 163 3256 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -2830383422289 (F1) Unknown 100 253 528108265 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3569004529	55.3% Above average	Read 96.5 Write 96 Mixed 76.5 67% 89.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.42 106% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2133 C9 4x4GB 84 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	MC Read 51.2 MC Write 50.1 MC Mixed 45.8 140% 49 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 15.5 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 50.7 79% 50.7 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 127%

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Typical X79A-GD65 (8D) (MS-7760) Builds (Compare 173 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 28%

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Desktop 78%

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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 $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