MSI X79A-GD45 Plus (MS-7760)

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	110% 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	60.3% 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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7760
Motherboard	MSI X79A-GD45 Plus (MS-7760) (all builds)
Memory	27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130716
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 21 '18 at 21:23
Run Duration	412 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4930K-$90 22,204 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 89.5 1-Core 108 2-Core 216 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 654 67% 540 Pts	64-Core 809 50% 809 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 5186) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 155 Parallax 145 118% 148 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 136 Splatting 117 101% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 710GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	60.3% Good	Read 264 Write 253 Mixed 257 58% 258 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 32.2 4K Mixed 29.1 89% 28 MB/s	DQ Read 195 DQ Write 86.3 DQ Mixed 13.3 44% 98.2 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 124%
Seagate ST4000NM0033-9ZM170 4TB 3,748 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2.5TB free Firmware: SN04 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 78 64 81309573 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 545 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 420603884 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1275 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 545 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 50 688914473 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 542 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 545 (C2) HDA temperature 41 50 60129542185 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 18 4 81309573 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	94.5% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 164 Mixed 159 123% 163 MB/s	4K Read 1.36 4K Write 2.42 4K Mixed 0.57 166% 1.45 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 105%
Seagate ST4000NM0033-9ZM170 4TB 3,748 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2.5TB free Firmware: SN04 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 78 63 64959436 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 547 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 421670485 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1279 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 547 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 52 672137256 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 544 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 547 (C2) HDA temperature 40 48 60129542184 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 50 7 64959436 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	88.1% Excellent	Read 162 Write 144 Mixed 140 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 1.19 4K Write 2.44 4K Mixed 0.53 153% 1.39 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 105%
Seagate ST2000NM0033-9ZM 2TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 1.5TB free Firmware: SN03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	58.1% Above average	Read 101 Write 101 Mixed 71.7 68% 91.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.44 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.59 159% 1.28 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 83%
Flash USB Disk 8GB 474 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID 3234 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	2.68% Terrible	Read 13.1 Write 3.52 Mixed 2.86 6% 6.49 MB/s	4K Read 0.01 4K Write 0.003 4K Mixed 0.003 0% 0.007 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.68% Great: 15%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-037.A 99U5471-037.A 99U5471-037.A 99U5471-039.A 32GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	MC Read 40.2 MC Write 37.5 MC Mixed 36.5 109% 38.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 14.4 SC Mixed 12.8 41% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 98%

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Gaming 40%

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Desktop 78%

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Workstation 34%

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

CPU
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	139x
Core i7-4930KIntel $90Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	74x
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 $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	25x

SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	13x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	11x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 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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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $738

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