MSI X79A-GD45 (MS-7735)

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 90.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	60.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	77.6% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	MSI X79A-GD45 (MS-7735) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141014
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 01 '20 at 09:47
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4930K-$90 22,204 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Memory 92.5 1-Core 121 2-Core 244 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 473 8-Core 723 74% 598 Pts	64-Core 911 56% 911 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-$199 18,014 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Sapphire(174B E331) CLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.11.3 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	60.1% Good	Lighting 80.5 Reflection 69.6 Parallax 112 66% 87.5 fps	MRender 62.5 Gravity 82.9 Splatting 42.4 49% 62.6 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU650 240GB-$70 47,016 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 158GB free (System drive) Firmware: V8X01c62 SusWrite @10s intervals: 389 390 88 222 259 113 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	77.6% Very good	Read 430 Write 390 Mixed 354 SusWrite 243 80% 354 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 76.2 4K Mixed 34 121% 45 MB/s	DQ Read 120 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 184 138% 181 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 99%
Kingston SSDNow V+ Series 128GB 720 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 119GB free Firmware: AGYA0201 SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 187 189 194 196 196 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	43.7% Average	Read 226 Write 124 Mixed 138 SusWrite 192 38% 170 MB/s	4K Read 16 4K Write 47.2 4K Mixed 17.3 71% 26.8 MB/s	DQ Read 11.5 DQ Write 45.7 DQ Mixed 19.3 18% 25.5 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 44%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 110GB free Firmware: MS1OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 94 96 91 96 92 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	51.9% Above average	Read 86.8 Write 92.4 Mixed 21.2 SusWrite 93.7 53% 73.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 125% 1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 103%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 530GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 110 111 112 111 111 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	67% Good	Read 123 Write 125 Mixed 107 SusWrite 110 86% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.8 182% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 659 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	63.3% Good	MC Read 24.6 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 21.7 64% 22.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 14.3 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 63%

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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 (MS-7735) Builds (Compare 97 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 44%

Speed boat

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 38%

Jet ski

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 $90Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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