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

Performance Results


Gaming 111% UFO	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	127% 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.
Boot Drive	61.6% 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.

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System	MSI MS-7760
Motherboard	MSI X79A-GD45 (8D) (MS-7760) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 0 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121018
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 05 '18 at 23:34
Run Duration	270 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3930K-$280 33,172 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 0 GHz, turbo 0 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 97.1 1-Core 106 2-Core 210 80% 138 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 640 64% 520 Pts	64-Core 746 46% 746 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% PNY(196E 1211) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 176 Reflection 199 Parallax 180 144% 185 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 177 Splatting 125 115% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 698GB free (System drive) Firmware: 010 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (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 5 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 0 0 38 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 60 52 206158430248 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 554611021 (F7) Unknown 100 100 8945673 (F8) Unknown 100 100 6941272	61.6% Good	Read 265 Write 213 Mixed 219 52% 232 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 59.1 4K Mixed 21.6 108% 37.6 MB/s	DQ Read 123 DQ Write 149 DQ Mixed 21.3 48% 97.7 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 125%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 70 64 10611936 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 283 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 15575301 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 -34608846468949 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 81 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 56 622723108 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 127 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5931 (C2) HDA temperature 36 44 77309411364 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 70 64 10611936 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -89953795045871 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5106236481 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5724322970	78.1% Very good	Read 139 Write 131 Mixed 90.1 89% 120 MB/s	4K Read 4.42 4K Write 4.73 4K Mixed 0.34 310% 3.16 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 90%
MS 1TB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 888GB free Firmware: 0 Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	Read 96.3 Write 94.3 Mixed 86.2 69% 92.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.18 70% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 264GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 191973680 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 702 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 8740641667 (09) Power-on hours count 54 54 40566 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 538 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 262185 (BD) vendor-specific 94 94 6 (BE) vendor-specific 63 47 656408613 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 432 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 705 (C2) HDA temperature 37 53 51539607589 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 85847806352968 (F1) Unknown 100 253 51453037344 (F2) Unknown 100 253 62376097116	88.6% Excellent	Read 137 Write 173 Mixed 125 108% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.2 64% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 114%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 200GB free Firmware: AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 167 161 6625 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1816 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9189 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 793 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 150 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 190 190 32575 (C2) HDA temperature 116 94 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	38.7% Below average	Read 62.7 Write 72 Mixed 65.1 50% 66.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.14 60% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 67%
ASMT 2105 1TB 1,332 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 156GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	25.8% Poor	Read 64.6 Write 56.6 Mixed 44.9 69% 55.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.27 55% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 25.8% Great: 79%
WD 15EADS External 1.5TB 1,396 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 93GB free, PID 1003 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	13.7% Very poor	Read 31.2 Write 26.6 Mixed 28.6 36% 28.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.25 47% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 13.7% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2133 C9 4x4GB 84 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	MC Read 52.7 MC Write 51.4 MC Mixed 46.3 143% 50.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 14.8 SC Mixed 14.8 47% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 49.9 80% 49.9 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 127%

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 50%

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

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	118x
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	10x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $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