MSI X79MA-GD45 (MS-7738)

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	32.9% 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	93.8% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7738
Motherboard	MSI X79MA-GD45 (MS-7738) (all builds)
Memory	29.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141208
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 27 '16 at 11:42
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-2695 v2 279 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	Memory 85.4 1-Core 94.6 2-Core 179 70% 120 Pts	4-Core 334 8-Core 669 59% 501 Pts	64-Core 1,272 79% 1,272 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 670-$435 47,610 User benchmarks, average bench 28% EVGA(3842 3677) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7254 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	32.9% Below average	Lighting 38.4 Reflection 37.3 Parallax 46.9 31% 40.9 fps	MRender 51.1 Gravity 43.6 Splatting 39.2 36% 44.7 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 31%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 6 0 6 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2643 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1431 (E8) Unknown 100 100 25015276621 (E9) Unknown 98 0 98	93.8% Outstanding	Read 456 Write 369 Mixed 396 91% 407 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 80.5 4K Mixed 33.9 128% 47.4 MB/s	DQ Read 338 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 122 142% 246 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 104%
Seagate ST31000520AS 1TB-$250 11,608 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 299GB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 86598088 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8587 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 17024221 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6530 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3576 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 32 4295557554 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 49 487915548 (C2) HDA temperature 28 51 47244640284 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 34 30 86598088 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 61 9964 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -131743826822984 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3367923685 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1231163409	46.2% Average	Read 80 Write 80.8 Mixed 72.2 58% 77.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.44 96% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 62%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2011)-$75 18,569 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 211GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 184 179 1758 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2046 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2889 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1325 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 76 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 191 191 29771 (C2) HDA temperature 124 100 23 (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	50.4% Above average	Read 79.4 Write 95.9 Mixed 79 64% 84.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.15 70% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 63%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 147GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 93 89 2148 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1201 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1836 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 7 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1266 (BF) G-sense error rate 252 252 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 56 188979281947 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 90 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 7 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 27101	37.9% Below average	Read 65.3 Write 66.6 Mixed 68.8 50% 66.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.27 76% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 59%
WD WD1500HLFS-01G6U1 150GB 7,915 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 69GB free Firmware: 04.04V01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 4941 (03) Spinup time 184 182 1775 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5192 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11121 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4145 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 881 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5192 (C2) HDA temperature 115 86 28 (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	67.6% Good	Read 120 Write 115 Mixed 94.3 82% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 2.73 4K Mixed 0.68 165% 1.45 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 181 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	112% Outstanding	MC Read 53.3 MC Write 41 MC Mixed 42 130% 45.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 9.9 SC Mixed 9.7 31% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 71.7 56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 124%

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: MSI X79MA-GD45 (MS-7738)

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	32x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	13x
Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel $345Bench 71%, 10,301 samples	5x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	8x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	8x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	6x

SSD
SU630 480GBAdataBench 67%, 31,107 samples	8x
P210 256GBPatriotBench 65%, 5,446 samples	3x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	3x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 67%, 1,867 samples	6x
F3 DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 57%, 2,734 samples	4x
8JTF51264AZ-1 4x4GBMicronBench 63%, 50 samples	4x

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Value: 114% - Outstanding

Total price: $117

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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