MSI X79A-GD65 (8D) (MS-7760)

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 71.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	31.3% 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)
Boot Drive	55.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7760
Motherboard	MSI X79A-GD65 (8D) (MS-7760) (all builds)
Memory	23.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120208
Uptime	3.5 Days
Run Date	Sep 06 '16 at 23:29
Run Duration	308 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3930K 4,060 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	71.9% Very good	Memory 81.7 1-Core 92.8 2-Core 185 69% 120 Pts	4-Core 335 8-Core 529 53% 432 Pts	64-Core 664 41% 664 Pts
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 680-$360 38,995 User benchmarks, average bench 32% MSI(1462 2821) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 9.18.13.4709 Performing below potential (54^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	31.3% Below average	Lighting 38.5 Reflection 35.7 Parallax 46.1 31% 40.1 fps	MRender 48.1 Gravity 34.8 Splatting 33.5 31% 38.8 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ SOLID3 120GB 1,720 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 19GB free Firmware: 2.15 Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	52.1% Above average	Read 197 Write 100 Mixed 118 30% 138 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 16.8 114% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 119 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 34.7 47% 86.4 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 61%
Intel 510 Series 120GB 2,171 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1GB free (System drive) Firmware: PPG4 Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	55.2% Above average	Read 386 Write 175 Mixed 245 59% 269 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 53.9 4K Mixed 19.9 86% 31.6 MB/s	DQ Read 82.1 DQ Write 60.3 DQ Mixed 29.4 33% 57.2 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 60%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$68 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 328GB free Firmware: AB51 Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	Read 92.3 Write 84.1 Mixed 82.4 65% 86.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.21 65% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 67%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 170GB free Firmware: CC94 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 233974508 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 71 71 30542 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 66768715 (09) Power-on hours count 47 47 46440 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2263 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065667 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 64 46 605618212 (C2) HDA temperature 36 54 51539607588 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 31 20 233974508 (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 3135326176472 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1660729757 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1875155732	41.2% Average	Read 63.9 Write 79.4 Mixed 18.9 39% 54.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.32 83% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 61%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 45GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 145 110 9708 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6983 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 57 57 31605 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1019 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 84 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 23472 (C2) HDA temperature 117 111 35 (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	49.3% Average	Read 84.5 Write 87.3 Mixed 51.2 55% 74.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.16 73% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 83%
SEMC SD CCR-80 32GB 90 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 10GB free, PID e134 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	10.3% Very poor	Read 19.9 Write 9.17 Mixed 8.11 14% 12.4 MB/s	4K Read 4.89 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 1.16 105% 2.48 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 10.3% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 249 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	44.3% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 14.6 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 12.3 SC Mixed 10.4 34% 11.8 GB/s	Latency 77.4 52% 77.4 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 117%

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Typical X79A-GD65 (8D) (MS-7760) Builds (Compare 173 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 28%

Raft

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 24%

Surfboard

Motherboard: MSI X79A-GD65 (8D) (MS-7760) - $342

CPU
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	47x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	42x
Core i7-3930KIntelBench 77%, 4,060 samples	20x

GPU
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	14x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	14x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	11x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	12x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	7x
240GB 240GBKingmaxBench 72%, 2,389 samples	6x

RAM
F3 DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 41%, 1,091 samples	5x
HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x4GBKingstonBench 80%, 411 samples	5x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 67%, 1,867 samples	5x

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Total price: $920

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16