MSI X58A-GD45 (MS-7522)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	57.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	10GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 10GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7522
Motherboard	MSI X58A-GD45 (MS-7522) (all builds)
Memory	6.6 GB free of 10 GB @ 1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110819
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 12 '17 at 05:27
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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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 Core i7-950-$100 36,389 User benchmarks, average bench 66% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.65 GHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	Memory 84.6 1-Core 91 2-Core 172 68% 116 Pts	4-Core 310 8-Core 443 47% 377 Pts	64-Core 469 29% 469 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6686) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 105 Reflection 143 Parallax 139 86% 129 fps	Gravity 138 Splatting 111 109% 125 fps
Poor: 93% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 411 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 284 (B1) Unknown 99 99 11 (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 63 59 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 73 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4717775741	57.9% Above average	Read 352 Write 123 Mixed 163 46% 212 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 48.1 4K Mixed 22.7 96% 32.8 MB/s	DQ Read 208 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 0.61 44% 109 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 124%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 566GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 163 162 4841 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2349 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 52 52 35473 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2049 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 188 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2349 (C2) HDA temperature 113 83 34 (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 0	63.4% Good	Read 111 Write 110 Mixed 33.2 62% 84.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.42 122% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 5x2GB 1,886 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 5 of 6 slots used 10GB DIMM Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38% Below average	MC Read 13.3 MC Write 13 MC Mixed 12 36% 12.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 11.2 SC Mixed 11.1 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 72.4 55% 72.4 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 56%

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Gaming 38%

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Desktop 75%

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Workstation 30%

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Motherboard: MSI X58A-GD45 (MS-7522)

CPU
Core i7 960Intel $220Bench 68%, 16,233 samples	26x
Core i7-950Intel $100Bench 66%, 36,389 samples	10x
Xeon X5675IntelBench 75%, 8,072 samples	6x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	9x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	5x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	4x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	6x
Accelerator SSD 60GBCorsairBench 37%, 89 samples	3x
WDBNCE0010PNC 1TBWDCBench 97%, 21,221 samples	3x

RAM
6x4GBUnknownBench 47%, 28,320 samples	11x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	6x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	4x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $480

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