MSI X79A-GD45 Plus (MS-7760)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 78.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	18.3% 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)
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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.

System	MSI MS-7760
Motherboard	MSI X79A-GD45 Plus (MS-7760) (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130221
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 24 '19 at 14:09
Run Duration	221 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3820 38,674 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Memory 92.1 1-Core 100 2-Core 199 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 357 8-Core 498 54% 428 Pts	64-Core 499 31% 499 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650 Ti Boost-$140 15,701 User benchmarks, average bench 17% MSI(1462 2875) 2GB CLim: 1228 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	18.3% Very poor	Lighting 21.1 Reflection 19.2 Parallax 28.1 17% 22.8 fps	MRender 27.3 Gravity 25.3 Splatting 22.9 20% 25.2 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 18.3% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 4,883 Write 4,324 Mixed 4,851 1,046% 4,686 MB/s	4K Read 341 4K Write 177 4K Mixed 201 867% 239 MB/s	DQ Read 723 DQ Write 423 DQ Mixed 543 412% 563 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 319GB free Firmware: ABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 110 116 116 116 103 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	66.5% Good	Read 119 Write 118 Mixed 21.5 SusWrite 113 67% 92.8 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 170% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 108%
WD Elements 25A3 8TB 5,644 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 4TB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 141 141 161 148 147 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	67.8% Good	Read 136 Write 150 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 148 167% 124 MB/s	4K Read 2.2 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 1 212% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 96%
BUFFALO HD-GDU3 3TB 122 User benchmarks, average bench 142% 887GB free, PID 0235 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 27 27 27 27 27 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	35.6% Below average	Read 32 Write 27.5 Mixed 29.8 SusWrite 26.8 39% 29 MB/s	4K Read 6.1 4K Write 7.7 4K Mixed 3 387% 5.6 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 224%
Seagate Desktop 1TB 4,684 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 739GB free, PID 3300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 27 27 27 27 27 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	15% Very poor	Read 32 Write 27.5 Mixed 23.8 SusWrite 26.8 37% 27.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 1 85% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 15% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata 4x4GB 1,028 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	MC Read 33.2 MC Write 35.5 MC Mixed 30.8 95% 33.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 14 SC Mixed 12.7 39% 13.7 GB/s	Latency 63.9 63% 63.9 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 90%

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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 $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