MSI X79A-GD45 (8D) (MS-7760)

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (9th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 91 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 42.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	26.1% 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	76.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7760
Motherboard	MSI X79A-GD45 (8D) (MS-7760) (all builds)
Memory	7.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130122
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 28 '17 at 05:20
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3820 38,674 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	42.6% Average	Memory 68 1-Core 30.6 2-Core 59.4 36% 52.7 Pts	4-Core 97.3 8-Core 130 14% 114 Pts	64-Core 139 9% 139 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% PwrHis(1787 2317) 3GB CLim: 925 MHz, MLim: 1375 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.4.4 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	26.1% Poor	Lighting 29.7 Reflection 26.7 Parallax 37.4 24% 31.3 fps	MRender 28.3 Gravity 43.3 Splatting 36.7 30% 36.1 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 26.1% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 153GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	Read 507 Write 406 Mixed 420 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 34.3 4K Mixed 24.4 90% 28.5 MB/s	DQ Read 113 DQ Write 75.7 DQ Mixed 41.8 45% 76.8 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 134%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1TB free Firmware: ABB0 Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Read 152 Write 129 Mixed 140 106% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.2 85% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5403-065.A 4x4GB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	43.5% Average	MC Read 18.9 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 17.4 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 6.8 SC Write 4.7 SC Mixed 4.9 16% 5.47 GB/s	Latency 106 38% 106 ns
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 86%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical X79A-GD45 (8D) (MS-7760) Builds (Compare 232 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 60%

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 50%

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Motherboard: MSI X79A-GD45 (8D) (MS-7760)

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	118x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	41x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples	24x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	26x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	23x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	16x

SSD
128GB 128GBSSDBench 65%, 7,332 samples	16x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	10x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x

RAM
99U5471-012.A 99U5471-020.A 9905471-006.A 9905471-006.A 16GBKingstonBench 86%, 17 samples	13x
F3 DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 65%, 473 samples	10x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 67%, 1,867 samples	5x

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Value: 143% - Outstanding

Total price: $132

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 $46

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