MSI X79A-GD45 Plus (MS-7760)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	76.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

System	MSI MS-7760
Motherboard	MSI X79A-GD45 Plus (MS-7760) (all builds)
Memory	30.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140224
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 05 '17 at 21:54
Run Duration	85 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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 i7-4820K-$110 23,169 User benchmarks, average bench 72% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 111 2-Core 217 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 552 60% 477 Pts	64-Core 538 33% 538 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP610 256GB-$100 1,898 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 183GB free (System drive) Firmware: N0307A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1599 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 840 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 29 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 84305 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 9 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 45 (A3) Unknown 100 100 1 (A4) Unknown 100 100 93866 (A5) Unknown 100 100 142 (A6) Unknown 100 100 40 (A7) Unknown 100 100 92 (F1) Unknown 100 100 461290 (F2) Unknown 100 100 352128 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 104 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 461290 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0	76.7% Very good	Read 525 Write 286 Mixed 372 87% 394 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 91.8 4K Mixed 21.5 120% 47.4 MB/s	DQ Read 29.9 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 21.6 30% 52.8 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 98%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 138 138 74 (03) Spinup time 128 128 25789268261 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2021 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 14636 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 813 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2302 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2302 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 180389478428 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	111% Outstanding	Read 211 Write 177 Mixed 96.6 119% 162 MB/s	4K Read 1.09 4K Write 2.24 4K Mixed 0.19 108% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 258 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 36.8 MC Write 41.9 MC Mixed 39.3 112% 39.3 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 14.3 42% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 101%

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Typical X79A-GD45 Plus (MS-7760) Builds (Compare 346 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	11x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16