MSI X79A-GD45 Plus (MS-7760)

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	10.5% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	81.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7760
Motherboard	MSI X79A-GD45 Plus (MS-7760) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130828
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 01 '17 at 01:30
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-2670-$53 4,803 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	Memory 85.8 1-Core 85.6 2-Core 160 66% 110 Pts	4-Core 316 8-Core 540 52% 428 Pts	64-Core 771 48% 771 Pts
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon R9 350 419 User benchmarks, average bench 10% HP(103C 2B51) 2GB Ram: 2GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	10.5% Very poor	Lighting 12.2 Reflection 15.6 Parallax 14.2 10% 14 fps	MRender 13.1 Gravity 10.6 Splatting 17.3 12% 13.7 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 10.5% Great: 10%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 268GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 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 20487 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 85 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 75 (AE) Unknown 100 100 45 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4403 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 54 197569413146 (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 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 29214848303 (F7) Unknown 100 100 923485074 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1642727001	81.1% Excellent	Read 509 Write 475 Mixed 465 108% 483 MB/s	4K Read 19.6 4K Write 52.5 4K Mixed 26.4 91% 32.9 MB/s	DQ Read 65.9 DQ Write 84.6 DQ Mixed 36.7 38% 62.4 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 107%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 853GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 175 2158 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7253 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 74 18758 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 109 (BF) G-sense error rate 97 97 3 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 59 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 192 192 26171 (C2) HDA temperature 122 106 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 220 (F1) Unknown 200 200 11821783003 (F2) Unknown 200 200 5930599368 (FE) Unknown 200 200 0	59.2% Above average	Read 97.5 Write 109 Mixed 103 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.27 93% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 62%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 804GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 177 2033 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7403 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 79 15154 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 108 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 191 191 27132 (C2) HDA temperature 122 102 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 181 (F1) Unknown 200 200 1977043704 (F2) Unknown 200 200 4741849616 (FE) Unknown 200 200 0	62.3% Good	Read 112 Write 105 Mixed 101 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.21 81% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 62%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 413GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 174 2208 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8262 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 77 16356 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 107 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 189 189 35775 (C2) HDA temperature 121 103 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 411 (F1) Unknown 200 200 3764190104 (F2) Unknown 200 200 5774298590 (FE) Unknown 200 200 0	48% Average	Read 86 Write 80.9 Mixed 82.5 63% 83.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.21 79% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 62%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 405GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 172 2350 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7423 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 79 15156 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 108 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 58 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 192 192 26214 (C2) HDA temperature 121 106 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 167 (F1) Unknown 200 200 2526488801 (F2) Unknown 200 200 6742029224 (FE) Unknown 200 200 0	50% Above average	Read 84.8 Write 89.9 Mixed 82.9 65% 85.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.17 4K Write 0.68 4K Mixed 0.21 43% 0.35 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2133 C11 4x4GB 602 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	54.2% Above average	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 17.8 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 12 SC Mixed 11.2 36% 12.7 GB/s	Latency 71.4 56% 71.4 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 110%

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Gaming 40%

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Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 34%

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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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	11x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 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 $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 $184	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) $35	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