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

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 73.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	87.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	42.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

System	MSI MS-7760
Motherboard	MSI X79A-GD65 (8D) (MS-7760) (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130221
Uptime	21.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 06 '17 at 22:54
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3930K-$280 33,172 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	Memory 88 1-Core 84 2-Core 164 67% 112 Pts	4-Core 318 8-Core 500 50% 409 Pts	64-Core 639 40% 639 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 855B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 118 Parallax 119 92% 117 fps	MRender 97.6 Gravity 106 Splatting 87.4 78% 97 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata S510 120GB 690 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.3.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 18821969 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 32959579039750 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1201 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 22 (B1) Unknown 0 0 19 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 25 41 38657392665 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 18821969 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 18821969 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 18821969 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 22786 (EA) Unknown 0 0 22366 (F1) Unknown 0 0 22366 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10152	42.1% Average	Read 200 Write 96.4 Mixed 116 30% 137 MB/s	4K Read 18.3 4K Write 77.5 4K Mixed 11 83% 35.6 MB/s	DQ Read 114 DQ Write 84.2 DQ Mixed 7.65 30% 68.7 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 79%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2TB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 139 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 67 44 10103 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3667 (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 6253 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1561 (B5) Unknown 100 100 2627404 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 317 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 64 146029871126 (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 100 100 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 10003 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 3671	78.2% Very good	Read 129 Write 143 Mixed 133 102% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 2.54 4K Mixed 0.42 121% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 72%
WD WD2500JD-00HBB0 250GB-$140 3,296 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 32GB free Firmware: 08.02D08 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 197 0 (03) Spinup time 128 121 6141 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5075 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 14954 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4654 (C2) HDA temperature 117 90 33 (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 200 253 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	24% Poor	Read 42.8 Write 40.4 Mixed 37.1 30% 40.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.35 81% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 24% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CML16GX3M4A16 CML16GX3M4A16 CML8GX3M2A160 CML8GX3M2A160 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	86.2% Excellent	MC Read 36.2 MC Write 34.1 MC Mixed 30.9 96% 33.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 11.4 SC Mixed 11.1 35% 12.4 GB/s	Latency 69.5 58% 69.5 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 99%

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

Gaming 28%

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Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 24%

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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 $400Bench 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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Value: 52% - Above average

Total price: $920

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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