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

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	120% 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.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7760
Motherboard	MSI X79A-GD65 (8D) (MS-7760) (all builds)
Memory	8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140212
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 25 '19 at 20:27
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3930K-$280 33,172 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 94.7 1-Core 111 2-Core 211 81% 139 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 661 68% 548 Pts	64-Core 844 52% 844 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 37A7) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	120% Outstanding	Lighting 171 Reflection 165 Parallax 152 139% 163 fps	MRender 183 Gravity 80.6 Splatting 105 98% 123 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 5,425 Write 5,257 Mixed 5,246 1,187% 5,309 MB/s	4K Read 335 4K Write 204 4K Mixed 224 902% 254 MB/s	DQ Read 808 DQ Write 600 DQ Mixed 629 490% 679 MB/s
Poor: 62% Great: 110%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 92GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 111 111 111 112 111 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	61.5% Good	Read 102 Write 74.3 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 112 63% 86.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 2.4 416% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 112%
Seagate Desktop 2TB 3,779 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 5GB free, PID 3300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 27 27 27 27 27 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	11.7% Very poor	Read 31.5 Write 26.5 Mixed 15.2 SusWrite 26.7 33% 25 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 29% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 11.7% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 1,867 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 41.7 MC Write 39.9 MC Mixed 36.4 112% 39.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 13.5 44% 15.4 GB/s	Latency 57.9 69% 57.9 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 100%

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

Gaming 28%

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Desktop 78%

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Workstation 24%

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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 $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 $184	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) $35	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