MSI X79A-GD45 Plus (MS-7760)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	13.2% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	3.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131220
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 08 '18 at 11:25
Run Duration	334 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3820 38,674 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	77.5% Very good	Memory 88.5 1-Core 100 2-Core 200 75% 130 Pts	4-Core 361 8-Core 506 54% 434 Pts	64-Core 505 31% 505 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K4000 11,114 User benchmarks, average bench 13% Nvidia(10DE 097C) 3GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 1404 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 388.16 Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	13.2% Very poor	Lighting 14.8 Reflection 13.2 Parallax 16.8 12% 14.9 fps	MRender 21.3 Gravity 18.8 Splatting 16.9 15% 19 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 13.2% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 228388216 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1380 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 26675030 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5963 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 975 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 589833 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 72 63 521404444 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 31 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 79 79 43461 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 38654705692 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 27758373637630 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2572645038 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2557822928493	97.5% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 142 Mixed 160 125% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 5.16 4K Mixed 0.53 174% 2.05 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 108%
OCZ-AGILITY3 120GB 115 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 86 86 184683009 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 120027156082433 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2152 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 206 (B1) Unknown 0 0 8 (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 184683009 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 184683009 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 184683009 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 28732 (EA) Unknown 0 0 33774 (F1) Unknown 0 0 33774 (F2) Unknown 0 0 36412
Poor: 13% Great: 63%
WD My Passport 0820 2TB 18,744 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 646GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	33% Below average	Read 74.2 Write 78.5 Mixed 57.2 89% 70 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.21 65% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 42%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 265GB free, PID 1042 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	24% Poor	Read 53.9 Write 53.6 Mixed 51 68% 52.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.15 56% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 24% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-012.A 2x4GB 162 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 2 of 8 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	49.2% Average	MC Read 18.6 MC Write 16.8 MC Mixed 15.8 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 11.8 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 69 58% 69 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 49%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 40%

Speed boat

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 34%

Sail boat

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

CPU
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	139x
Core i7-4930KIntel $100Bench 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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	11x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 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 $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