MSI X79A-GD45 (8D) (MS-7760)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	109% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

System	MSI MS-7760
Motherboard	MSI X79A-GD45 (8D) (MS-7760) (all builds)
Memory	29.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141208
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '20 at 21:28
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3820 38,674 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 112 2-Core 228 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 580 64% 506 Pts	64-Core 579 36% 579 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 650-$112 69,673 User benchmarks, average bench 8% EVGA(3842 2651) 2GB CLim: 1058 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	8.97% Terrible	Lighting 10 Reflection 9.46 Parallax 11.8 8% 10.4 fps	MRender 13.7 Gravity 11.9 Splatting 13.1 11% 12.9 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 8.97% Great: 9%
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 146 Parallax 127 117% 139 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 140 Splatting 112 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$175 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM05B0Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 503 Write 377 Mixed 298 87% 393 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 86.9 4K Mixed 41.3 150% 53.9 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 137 158% 274 MB/s
Poor: 68% Great: 116%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 21GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 95 144 148 145 112 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Read 124 Write 112 Mixed 69.5 SusWrite 122 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 227% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 108%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2TB free Firmware: CC54 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 139 139 140 139 140 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Read 148 Write 105 Mixed 75.3 SusWrite 137 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 8x4GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 8 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	MC Read 36.5 MC Write 39.3 MC Mixed 35.9 106% 37.2 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 15.9 SC Mixed 14.8 44% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 62 64% 62 ns
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 85%

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Typical X79A-GD45 (8D) (MS-7760) Builds (Compare 237 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 60%

Destroyer

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 50%

Yacht

Motherboard: MSI X79A-GD45 (8D) (MS-7760)

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	120x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	41x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples	24x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	26x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	23x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	16x

SSD
128GB 128GBSSDBench 65%, 7,332 samples	16x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	11x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x

RAM
99U5471-012.A 99U5471-020.A 9905471-006.A 9905471-006.A 16GBKingstonBench 86%, 17 samples	13x
F3 DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 65%, 473 samples	10x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 67%, 1,867 samples	5x

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Value: 143% - Outstanding

Total price: $132

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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