MSI X79A-GD45 (MS-7735)

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	69.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	65.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7735
Motherboard	MSI X79A-GD45 (MS-7735) (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130723
Uptime	5.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 22 '17 at 19:24
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Memory 95.2 1-Core 101 2-Core 201 77% 132 Pts	4-Core 349 8-Core 505 53% 427 Pts	64-Core 497 31% 497 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Zotac(19DA 2368) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1508 MHz, MLim: 1961 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 385.28 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.9% Good	Lighting 90.1 Reflection 87.1 Parallax 78.7 73% 85.3 fps	MRender 85.9 Gravity 78.5 Splatting 69.8 63% 78 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 465GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 8 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 65 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 2 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5872094	64.4% Good	Read 267 Write 212 Mixed 218 52% 232 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 41.1 4K Mixed 32.9 105% 33.6 MB/s	DQ Read 197 DQ Write 160 DQ Mixed 101 97% 152 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 134%
Samsung MZ7TD256HAFV-000L7 256GB 6,630 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 160GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT06L6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8128 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 90 90 114 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 6240 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 52 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (E9) Unknown 199 199 2843334 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 90 (EC) Unknown 99 99 59 (ED) Unknown 99 99 114 (EE) Unknown 100 100 0	65.6% Good	Read 506 Write 216 Mixed 188 66% 303 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 50.7 4K Mixed 12.6 75% 28.2 MB/s	DQ Read 262 DQ Write 199 DQ Mixed 28.5 76% 163 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 80%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 433GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 127704952 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2814 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 68880965109 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9656 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2130 (B7) Unknown 70 70 30 (B8) Unknown 99 99 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 76 30065230575 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 62 50 790691878 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 349 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 80 80 40219 (C2) HDA temperature 38 50 47244640294 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 187 2640 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -22643067577519 (F1) Unknown 100 253 44905788382 (F2) Unknown 100 253 66126612740	80.7% Excellent	Read 142 Write 140 Mixed 138 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.3 94% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 303 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 40.9 MC Write 42.9 MC Mixed 39.6 118% 41.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 13.8 43% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 56.6 71% 56.6 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

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Gaming 44%

Speed boat

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 38%

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Motherboard: MSI X79A-GD45 (MS-7735)

CPU
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	40x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	17x
Core i7-4930KIntel $100Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	11x

GPU
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	8x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	6x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	5x

SSD
SSD 256GBPcieBench 152%, 15,792 samples	5x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	5x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	4x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 67%, 1,867 samples	6x
Vengeance LP DDR3 4x4GBCorsairBench 73%, 447 samples	6x
HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x4GBKingstonBench 80%, 411 samples	5x

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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $399

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 $182	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) $30	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