MSI X79A-GD45 Plus (MS-7760)

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 66.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	104% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	72.6% 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.

System	MSI MS-7760
Motherboard	MSI X79A-GD45 Plus (MS-7760) (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141208
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 07 '23 at 16:27
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 1,265 User benchmarks, average bench 69% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads Base clock 2.75 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	66.6% Good	Memory 74.4 1-Core 76.8 2-Core 158 60% 103 Pts	4-Core 317 8-Core 566 53% 441 Pts	64-Core 1,173 73% 1,173 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 75%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$266 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Zotac(19DA 4617) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 527.56 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	104% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 121 Parallax 142 112% 133 fps	MRender 142 Gravity 109 Splatting 92.6 91% 114 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 120 133 129 129 127 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	Read 488 Write 135 Mixed 187 SusWrite 131 52% 235 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 55.3 4K Mixed 30.3 111% 38 MB/s	DQ Read 342 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 190 156% 228 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 128%
SSD 480GB 16,522 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 1GB free Firmware: SAFM12.2 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 494 Write 474 Mixed 372 100% 447 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 57.7 4K Mixed 32.2 113% 39 MB/s	DQ Read 326 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 204 186% 283 MB/s
Poor: 42% Great: 98%
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB (2017)-$135 28,136 User benchmarks, average bench 121% 77GB free Firmware: B35500WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 277 219 211 213 215 212 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 918 Write 229 Mixed 268 SusWrite 224 89% 410 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 58.8 4K Mixed 32.1 118% 40.4 MB/s	DQ Read 428 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 292 228% 319 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 144%
Caz-82512-q11 NVMe LITEON 512GB 189 User benchmarks, average bench 151% 68GB free Firmware: 23201111 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1326 747 535 1334 1337 1335 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	243% Outstanding	Read 2,836 Write 22.8 Mixed 229 SusWrite 1,102 225% 1,047 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 61 4K Mixed 44.9 146% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 425 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 400 292% 383 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 243% Great: 221%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 2.5TB 41 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 155GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 19 20 21 24 19 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	67.8% Good	Read 215 Write 19.2 Mixed 18.2 SusWrite 20.7 49% 68.4 MB/s	4K Read 3.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.4 174% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMP12GX3M3A16 CMP12GX3M3A16 Samsung M378B5273DH0- Samsung M378B5273DH0- 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 1066, 1066, 1066, 1066 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	36.8% Below average	MC Read 13.9 MC Write 12.7 MC Mixed 12 37% 12.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 9.2 SC Mixed 8.4 27% 9.47 GB/s	Latency 91.6 44% 91.6 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 37%

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Gaming 40%

Speed boat

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 34%

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Motherboard: MSI X79A-GD45 Plus (MS-7760) - $333

CPU
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	140x
Core i7-4930KIntel $100Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	75x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	45x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	29x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	27x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	25x

SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	13x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	11x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $36Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	11x

RAM
4x4GBAdataBench 68%, 1,028 samples	23x
F3 DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 60%, 1,250 samples	7x
F3 DDR3 2400 C11 8x8GBG.SKILLBench 99%, 23 samples	7x

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Total price: $743

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16