MSI X79A-GD65 (MS-7736)

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	22% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	123% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7736
Motherboard	MSI X79A-GD65 (MS-7736) (all builds)
Memory	22.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141208
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 10 '19 at 16:30
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3960X 4,885 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 90.3 1-Core 111 2-Core 221 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 726 70% 577 Pts	64-Core 848 52% 848 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon RX 560-B 49,289 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Asus(1043 054B) ≥ 4GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 26.20.13001.50005 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	22% Poor	Lighting 25.8 Reflection 30.2 Parallax 33.2 21% 29.8 fps	MRender 28.6 Gravity 25.8 Splatting 31.6 24% 28.7 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 22% Great: 22%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend TS1TSSD230S 1TB 1,078 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 917GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0423A SusWrite @10s intervals: 467 467 434 436 436 440 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 469 Mixed 435 SusWrite 446 105% 466 MB/s	4K Read 40.2 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 57.3 190% 67.8 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 130 160% 282 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 121%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
GEIL CL11-11-11 D3 CL11-13-13 D3 CL11-13-13 D3 CL11-11-11 D3 24GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096, 8192 MB Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	MC Read 34.9 MC Write 31.3 MC Mixed 28.8 90% 31.7 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 13.4 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 94%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical X79A-GD65 (MS-7736) Builds (Compare 12 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 66%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 81%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: MSI X79A-GD65 (MS-7736)

CPU
Core i7-4930KIntel $100Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	8x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	2x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	2x

GPU
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	3x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	3x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	3x

SSD
850 Pro 256GBSamsung $125Bench 102%, 141,929 samples	6x
MX300 1TBCrucial $90Bench 91%, 21,936 samples	2x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	2x

RAM
F3 DDR3 2400 C10 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 87%, 314 samples	8x
F3 DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 57%, 2,734 samples	2x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 67%, 1,867 samples	1x

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Value: 39% - Below average

Total price: $785

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $36	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16