MSI X79A-GD45 Plus (MS-7760)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 89%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 82%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 79%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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.
ProcessorWith 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 77.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics115% 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 Drive64.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough 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.
High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMSI MS-7760
MotherboardMSI X79A-GD45 Plus (MS-7760)  (all builds)
Memory11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20141208
Uptime4.1 Days
Run DateAug 23 '19 at 13:13
Run Duration135 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 21%

 PC Performing below expectations (36th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4930K-$90
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz
Performing above expectations (61st percentile)
77.7% Very good
Memory 89.1
1-Core 106
2-Core 213
78% 136 Pts
4-Core 358
8-Core 634
60% 496 Pts
64-Core 782
48% 782 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 77.7%
Great: 88%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
EVGA(3842 6598) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 430.86
Performing below potential (16th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
115% Outstanding
Lighting 148
Reflection 202
Parallax 185
121% 179 fps
MRender 126
Gravity 181
Splatting 120
115% 142 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 115%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 860 500GB
143GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 30 26 24 18 56 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
64.6% Good
Read 405
Write 93.2
Mixed 127
SusWrite 51
37% 169 MB/s
4K Read 28.4
4K Write 71.8
4K Mixed 28.8
118% 43 MB/s
DQ Read 357
DQ Write 69.2
DQ Mixed 86
96% 171 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 64.6%
Great: 118%
Intel Raid 5 Volume 4TB
131GB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 26 23 29 29 28 MB/s
Performing below expectations (33rd percentile)
50.9% Above average
Read 150
Write 28.8
Mixed 32.3
SusWrite 27.1
44% 59.6 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.7
139% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 18%
This bench: 50.9%
Great: 159%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100
275GB free
Firmware: CC34
SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 86 80 85 83 82 MB/s
Performing below expectations (28th percentile)
40.8% Average
Read 58.3
Write 61
Mixed 38.5
SusWrite 83.6
44% 60.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.8
148% 1 MB/s
Poor: 31%
This bench: 40.8%
Great: 61%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB
4 of 8 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
52.2% Above average
MC Read 20.5
MC Write 17.2
MC Mixed 17.1
52% 18.3 GB/s
SC Read 15.3
SC Write 14
SC Mixed 12.5
40% 13.9 GB/s
Latency 68.4
58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 33%
This bench: 52.2%
Great: 97%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical X79A-GD45 Plus (MS-7760) Builds (Compare 346 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 40%
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Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 34%
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Motherboard: MSI X79A-GD45 Plus (MS-7760) - $333

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 57% - Above average Total price: $738
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