MSI X79A-GD65 (8D) (MS-7760)

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 67.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	122% 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	90.4% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

System	MSI MS-7760
Motherboard	MSI X79A-GD65 (8D) (MS-7760) (all builds)
Memory	57.7 GB free of 64 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121018
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '18 at 01:35
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing below expectations (23^rd 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 way below expectations (16^th percentile)	67.9% Good	Memory 82.9 1-Core 92.4 2-Core 182 69% 119 Pts	4-Core 286 8-Core 489 47% 388 Pts	64-Core 647 40% 647 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 163 Reflection 204 Parallax 181 133% 183 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 182 Splatting 128 118% 146 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 267GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5886 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 650 (B1) Unknown 97 97 43 (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 57 48 43 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 74 (F1) Unknown 99 99 23932119520	90.4% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 398 Mixed 414 97% 434 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 59.9 4K Mixed 37.5 128% 43.1 MB/s	DQ Read 158 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 18.3 50% 107 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 134%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$146 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 1.5TB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 6814 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3093 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 3532 (0A) Spinup retry count 161 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 311 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 7 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 4684 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 197569413161 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 95 95 2321 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 545 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	77% Very good	Read 129 Write 139 Mixed 124 98% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.22 99% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 104%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 13GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 172 6208 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7835 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9887 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1643 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 166 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 191 191 29518 (C2) HDA temperature 114 108 36 (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	41.4% Average	Read 76.2 Write 67.7 Mixed 63.3 52% 69.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.23 84% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 994018 994018 994018 994018 994018 992018 (99701 994018 994018 64GB 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	78.9% Very good	MC Read 31.7 MC Write 30.9 MC Mixed 29.2 87% 30.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 12.8 SC Mixed 11.6 36% 12.7 GB/s	Latency 75.3 53% 75.3 ns

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Typical X79A-GD65 (8D) (MS-7760) Builds (Compare 173 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 28%

Raft

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 24%

Surfboard

Motherboard: MSI X79A-GD65 (8D) (MS-7760) - $342

CPU
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	47x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	42x
Core i7-3930KIntelBench 77%, 4,060 samples	20x

GPU
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	14x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	14x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	11x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	12x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	7x
240GB 240GBKingmaxBench 72%, 2,389 samples	6x

RAM
F3 DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 41%, 1,091 samples	5x
HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x4GBKingstonBench 80%, 411 samples	5x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 67%, 1,867 samples	5x

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Value: 52% - Above average

Total price: $920

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