MSI P67A-C45 (MS-7673)

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	13.3% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	64.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7673
Motherboard	MSI P67A-C45 (MS-7673) (all builds)
Memory	4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120801
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 04 '18 at 15:58
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500 82,538 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Memory 93.3 1-Core 101 2-Core 201 77% 132 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 399 53% 398 Pts	64-Core 397 25% 397 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6850 31,600 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Sapphire(174B E174) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	13.3% Very poor	Lighting 17.4 Reflection 13.6 Parallax 14.6 14% 15.2 fps	MRender 11.5 Gravity 11.6 Splatting 17.4 12% 13.5 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.3% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 146 133 144 155 130 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	64.1% Good	Read 456 Write 193 Mixed 186 SusWrite 145 54% 245 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 55.7 4K Mixed 23.9 96% 34.5 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 57.3 DQ Mixed 102 94% 150 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 76%
Intenso Sata III 507GB 480 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 221GB free Firmware: Q0823B SusWrite @10s intervals: 388 422 414 430 432 433 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 416 Mixed 395 SusWrite 420 98% 435 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 87.8 4K Mixed 44.6 149% 54.1 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 216 198% 303 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 112%
WD Black 500GB (2012)-$47 20,548 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 128GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 144 147 147 147 147 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	Read 110 Write 97.2 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 146 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 226% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 105%
USB 3.0 MassStorage 2TB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 675GB free, PID 103d Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 137 134 138 131 142 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	43.3% Average	Read 63 Write 61.8 Mixed 50.5 SusWrite 136 110% 77.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 78% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMX8GX3M4A1333C9 CMX8GX3M4A1333C9 CMX8GX3M4A1333C9 CMX8GX3M4A1333C9 8GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	51.5% Above average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 16 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 17.2 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 51%

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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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Desktop 75%

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Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: MSI P67A-C45 (MS-7673)

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	185x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	38x
Core i7-2600Intel $194Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	29x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	44x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	26x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	24x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	12x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	12x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	11x

RAM
CMX8GX3M2B1600C9 CMX8GX3M2B1600C9 8GBCorsairBench 51%, 137 samples	9x
CML16GX3M2A1600C10 CML16GX3M2A1600C10 16GBCorsairBench 48%, 91 samples	8x
KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G 16GBKingstonBench 50%, 248 samples	8x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $474

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