MSI X58A-GD65 (MS-7522)

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 73.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	18.8% 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	37.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7522
Motherboard	MSI X58A-GD65 (MS-7522) (all builds)
Memory	6.8 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1280 x 720 - 32 Bit colors, 1280 x 720 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110321
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 10 '17 at 14:11
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7 980-$148 2,215 User benchmarks, average bench 75% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.35 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	Memory 92.8 1-Core 63 2-Core 157 63% 104 Pts	4-Core 298 8-Core 506 49% 402 Pts	64-Core 627 39% 627 Pts
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6970 9,594 User benchmarks, average bench 20% XFX(1682 3130) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	18.8% Very poor	Lighting 24.6 Reflection 17.3 Parallax 20.3 20% 20.7 fps	MRender 16.7 Gravity 18.9 Splatting 22.7 16% 19.4 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 18.8% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SVP100S296G 96GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: CJR10202 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance (0^th 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 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 21373 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3200 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 178 178 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 22 (C2) HDA temperature 79 61 167504510997 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	37.2% Below average	Read 188 Write 163 Mixed 141 36% 164 MB/s	4K Read 13.5 4K Write 46.6 4K Mixed 11.7 60% 23.9 MB/s	DQ Read 17.1 DQ Write 67.5 DQ Mixed 11 18% 31.9 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 680GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	52.8% Above average	Read 90.1 Write 93.7 Mixed 31.7 53% 71.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.3 80% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 68%
WD My Book Essentials 1TB 3,704 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 532GB free, PID 1110 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	15% Very poor	Read 29.6 Write 25.2 Mixed 10.7 26% 21.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.29 68% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 15% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3x4GB 39,448 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 3 of 6 slots used 12GB DIMM Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	39.8% Below average	MC Read 13.9 MC Write 12.1 MC Mixed 15.3 39% 13.8 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 6.8 SC Mixed 9.4 24% 8.37 GB/s	Latency 62.6 64% 62.6 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 57%

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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 X58A-GD65 (MS-7522) Builds (Compare 100 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

Motherboard: MSI X58A-GD65 (MS-7522)

CPU
Core i7-950Intel $100Bench 66%, 36,389 samples	46x
Core i7 960Intel $220Bench 68%, 16,233 samples	12x
Xeon X5675IntelBench 75%, 8,072 samples	8x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	9x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	9x
GTX 760Nvidia $209Bench 26%, 161,132 samples	6x

SSD
S700 500GBHP $60Bench 71%, 12,813 samples	5x
L5 LITE SSD 240GBTeamBench 71%, 893 samples	4x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	3x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	11x
18GBUnknownBench 42%, 8,131 samples	10x
6x4GBUnknownBench 47%, 28,320 samples	10x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $219

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	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