MSI X79MA-GD45 (MS-7738)

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	81.6% 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	80.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7738
Motherboard	MSI X79MA-GD45 (MS-7738) (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130723
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 30 '17 at 00:15
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Memory 87.9 1-Core 92.2 2-Core 186 71% 122 Pts	4-Core 369 8-Core 562 58% 465 Pts	64-Core 674 42% 674 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4992) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.6% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 110 Parallax 99.2 85% 105 fps	MRender 92.2 Gravity 94.9 Splatting 87.8 75% 91.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 208GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2232 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 371 (B1) Unknown 97 97 52 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 54 43 46 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 3 (F1) Unknown 99 99 57252986725	80.7% Excellent	Read 502 Write 408 Mixed 413 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 59.4 4K Mixed 19.5 103% 36.5 MB/s	DQ Read 31.2 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 18.6 46% 89.1 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 134%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 510GB free Firmware: 1D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 14 (03) Spinup time 176 173 4175 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2043 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8332 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1414 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1015 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1029 (C2) HDA temperature 107 95 40 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 2	72% Very good	Read 161 Write 90.3 Mixed 120 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.38 106% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT4G3D1869DT 4x4GB 175 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	MC Read 34.9 MC Write 33.4 MC Mixed 30.4 94% 32.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 12.7 SC Mixed 11.3 37% 12.9 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 103%

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Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI X79MA-GD45 (MS-7738)

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	32x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	13x
Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel $345Bench 71%, 10,301 samples	5x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	8x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	8x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	6x

SSD
SU630 480GBAdataBench 67%, 31,107 samples	8x
P210 256GBPatriotBench 65%, 5,446 samples	3x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	3x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 67%, 1,867 samples	6x
F3 DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 57%, 2,734 samples	4x
8JTF51264AZ-1 4x4GBMicronBench 63%, 50 samples	4x

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Value: 114% - Outstanding

Total price: $117

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 $182	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) $30	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