MSI X79A-GD45 Plus (MS-7760)

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 74.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	61.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	MSI MS-7760
Motherboard	MSI X79A-GD45 Plus (MS-7760) (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20141208
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 30 '16 at 10:37
Run Duration	236 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4820K-$110 23,169 User benchmarks, average bench 72% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	Memory 83.4 1-Core 106 2-Core 211 76% 134 Pts	4-Core 350 8-Core 526 54% 438 Pts	64-Core 523 32% 523 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2981) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6472 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	61.7% Good	Lighting 78.3 Reflection 82.1 Parallax 72.9 64% 77.8 fps	MRender 79.6 Gravity 70.5 Splatting 64.4 58% 71.5 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State 480GB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 290GB free Firmware: 12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1910 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 171 (A8) Unknown 100 100 11 (AA) Unknown 100 100 443 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 20 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 6 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 576	103% Outstanding	Read 523 Write 505 Mixed 486 113% 505 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 14.9 129% 52.9 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 68.7 122% 240 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 103%
Samsung PM800 2.5" 128GB 1,159 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 58GB free Firmware: 5D1Q Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10995 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1083 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 90 90 579 (B2) Unknown 76 76 14 (B3) Unknown 94 94 196 (B4) Unknown 94 94 3644 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 9 (E8) Unknown 76 76 46 (E9) Unknown 24 24 3283151013	34.8% Below average	Read 217 Write 182 Mixed 201 45% 200 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 8.44 4K Mixed 6.64 50% 13.2 MB/s	DQ Read 26.9 DQ Write 8.4 DQ Mixed 6.47 8% 13.9 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 32%
Samsung PB22-JS3 FDE 2.5" 128GB 813 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 53GB free Firmware: VBM9LD1Q Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11665 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 738 (AF) Unknown 98 98 1 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 89 89 641 (B2) Unknown 48 48 31 (B3) Unknown 91 91 334 (B4) Unknown 91 91 3506 (B5) Unknown 99 99 2 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 99 99 2 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 2 (E8) Unknown 48 48 29 (E9) Unknown 88 88 484734696	29.4% Poor	Read 203 Write 125 Mixed 116 33% 148 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 9.15 4K Mixed 6.11 46% 12.4 MB/s	DQ Read 15.7 DQ Write 8.56 DQ Mixed 5.1 6% 9.8 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 32%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 186 181 5691 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1992 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19641 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 977 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 120 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 65 65 407499 (C2) HDA temperature 112 105 38 (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	73.7% Very good	Read 126 Write 130 Mixed 99.2 89% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.25 4K Mixed 0.21 103% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 83%
Crucial_CT240M50 240GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 16285 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 932 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 69 69 933 (AE) Unknown 100 100 105 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 59 49 223337644073 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 20 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 69 69 31 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 21195963881 (F7) Unknown 100 100 799001628 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1000080252
Poor: 63% Great: 117%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 4x4GB 102 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 29.8 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 14.1 SC Mixed 12.1 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 74.5 54% 74.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 100%

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Desktop 78%

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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 $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 $269	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 $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 $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