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

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	46.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	53.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

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System	MSI MS-7760
Motherboard	MSI X79A-GD65 (8D) (MS-7760) (all builds)
Memory	16.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121018
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '18 at 15:52
Run Duration	220 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing below expectations (34^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, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	66.8% Good	Memory 80.5 1-Core 86.9 2-Core 178 67% 115 Pts	4-Core 289 8-Core 400 44% 345 Pts	64-Core 427 26% 427 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	46.3% Average	Lighting 57.6 Reflection 59.3 Parallax 58 47% 58.3 fps	MRender 64.8 Gravity 55.3 Splatting 48.1 45% 56 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 510 Series 120GB 2,171 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: PPG2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (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 25128 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3852 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 276 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 74724 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 74 74 0	53.8% Above average	Read 413 Write 198 Mixed 269 65% 293 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 41.4 4K Mixed 18.3 74% 26.3 MB/s	DQ Read 57.1 DQ Write 61.3 DQ Mixed 11.4 22% 43.3 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 60%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 534GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 81 81 6690 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13015 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 22783 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 2 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5547 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 54 436928538 (C2) HDA temperature 68 52 537591840 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 273190 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	35.5% Below average	Read 56.9 Write 66.5 Mixed 67 48% 63.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.38 90% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 59%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 117GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 161 158 6908 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11905 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 52 52 35240 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5731 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1010 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 11901 (C2) HDA temperature 112 100 38 (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	49.1% Average	Read 92.1 Write 78.5 Mixed 66.5 59% 79.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.3 91% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 51%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 57GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 145 140 9750 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5796 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 24286 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3408 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1076 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 141 141 178623 (C2) HDA temperature 111 96 41 (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	45% Average	Read 79.5 Write 77.3 Mixed 79.4 59% 78.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.15 67% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 83%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2GB free Firmware: 1AG0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 60 7199 (03) Spinup time 80 80 6890 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 6827 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 13 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 30781 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 15 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5547 (0D) Soft read error rate 99 60 7195 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 17873 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 1 436928538 (C2) HDA temperature 67 53 554369057 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1512267 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 96 96 176 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	30.1% Below average	Read 50.8 Write 54 Mixed 48.1 38% 51 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.29 74% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 30.1% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-020.A 99U5471-012.A 99U5471-020.A 99U5471-020.A 99U5471-012.A 99U5471-020.A 24GB 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	46.5% Average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 16.1 MC Mixed 15.5 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 12.3 SC Mixed 11.4 34% 11.9 GB/s	Latency 79.6 50% 79.6 ns

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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 $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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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