MSI Z68A-GD65 (MS-7681)

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	42.5% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7681
Motherboard	MSI Z68A-GD65 (MS-7681) (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120314
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Jun 24 '16 at 08:11
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 95.3 1-Core 111 2-Core 201 80% 136 Pts	4-Core 362 8-Core 555 57% 459 Pts	64-Core 557 34% 557 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6839 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	61.2% Good	Lighting 77.3 Reflection 81.6 Parallax 78.9 63% 79.2 fps	MRender 79.6 Gravity 70.9 Splatting 64.4 58% 71.6 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.22 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 105 9878819 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 1709396989558 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2196 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 262 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 128 129 545469300864 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 9878819 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 9878819 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 9878819 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 6943 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8032 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8032 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8962	42.5% Average	Read 172 Write 98.4 Mixed 112 28% 127 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 92.7 4K Mixed 10.5 94% 41.3 MB/s	DQ Read 26.1 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 9.89 24% 46.7 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 61%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 493GB free Firmware: JP4OA3EA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 97 97 131077 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 106 (03) Spinup time 118 118 25790906690 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5884 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 140 140 30 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 7096 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3850 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5884 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5884 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 227634446366 (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 200 200 25	63.5% Good	Read 110 Write 111 Mixed 33.2 62% 84.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.36 90% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 16GB 1,247 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 20.6 MC Mixed 18.4 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 16.3 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 56.3 71% 56.3 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 59%

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

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Typical Z68A-GD65 (MS-7681) Builds (Compare 50 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 38%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 31%

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Motherboard: MSI Z68A-GD65 (MS-7681)

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	24x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	19x
Core i7-2600Intel $194Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	2x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	6x
HD 3000 (Desktop V2 1.35 GHz)Intel $15Bench 2%, 6,831 samples	5x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	5x

SSD
SSD Plus 240GBSanDisk $28Bench 61%, 133,640 samples	6x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	5x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	3x

RAM
CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 16GBCorsairBench 50%, 118 samples	5x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	4x
RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 60%, 5,448 samples	2x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $547

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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 $40	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