MSI X79A-GD45 Plus (MS-7760)

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	20.7% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7760
Motherboard	MSI X79A-GD45 Plus (MS-7760) (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130403
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 11 '21 at 23:15
Run Duration	244 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing below expectations (30^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 below expectations (31^st percentile)	66.9% Good	Memory 76.1 1-Core 95.4 2-Core 182 68% 118 Pts	4-Core 312 8-Core 449 48% 380 Pts	64-Core 462 29% 462 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% EVGA(3842 2662) 2GB CLim: 1280 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	20.7% Poor	Lighting 23.1 Reflection 27 Parallax 32.9 19% 27.7 fps	MRender 34.7 Gravity 29.8 Splatting 26.5 24% 30.3 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 20.7% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: BBF0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 177 Write 192 Mixed 182 41% 184 MB/s	4K Read 16.8 4K Write 56.8 4K Mixed 24.6 87% 32.7 MB/s	DQ Read 195 DQ Write 171 DQ Mixed 148 120% 171 MB/s
Poor: 41% Great: 85%
WDS100T1X0E-00AFY0 1TB 44,185 User benchmarks, average bench 430% 879GB free Firmware: 614300WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 950 1053 1134 1185 1161 1196 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	208% Outstanding	Read 1,254 Write 1,192 Mixed 1,160 SusWrite 1,113 266% 1,180 MB/s	4K Read 50.2 4K Write 93 4K Mixed 62.1 205% 68.4 MB/s	DQ Read 688 DQ Write 464 DQ Mixed 569 426% 573 MB/s
Poor: 264% ↑ This bench: 208% Great: 573%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 4TB 7,970 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 105GB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 28 26 26 28 28 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	15.6% Very poor	Read 26.1 Write 25.9 Mixed 25.4 SusWrite 27 19% 26.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 0.4 135% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 15.6% Great: 98%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 61GB free Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 65 77 77 75 74 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	24.3% Poor	Read 14.2 Write 38.1 Mixed 29.1 SusWrite 70.5 28% 38 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.2 38% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 24.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR3 1600G 2O 4x4GB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	MC Read 29.2 MC Write 30 MC Mixed 25.4 81% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 14 SC Mixed 11.9 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 88.2 45% 88.2 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 85%

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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-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 $90Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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