MSI Z68A-GD55 (MS-7681)

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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. 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 73.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	84.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	55.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7681
Motherboard	MSI Z68A-GD55 (MS-7681) (all builds)
Memory	3.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110610
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 21 '16 at 23:05
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	73.3% Very good	Memory 90.7 1-Core 89 2-Core 176 70% 119 Pts	4-Core 324 8-Core 327 44% 326 Pts	64-Core 329 20% 329 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6881 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 115 Parallax 97.3 86% 106 fps	MRender 99.3 Gravity 97.4 Splatting 100 81% 99 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Neutron 256GB-$255 1,100 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: M311 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 1 1 58713 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14472 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1119 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 34 0 47248048162 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 2 (CC) Soft ECC correction 1 1 58713 (E7) Temperature 55 55 46 (EA) Unknown 100 100 372013 (F1) Unknown 100 100 13120 (F2) Unknown 100 100 15296 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 99 75396978	55.4% Above average	Read 493 Write 147 Mixed 269 66% 303 MB/s	4K Read 14.7 4K Write 39.6 4K Mixed 18.6 67% 24.3 MB/s	DQ Read 216 DQ Write 52.1 DQ Mixed 37.1 52% 102 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 97%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 387GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 169 6233 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 353 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4340 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 353 (10) Unknown 4 196 75055968038 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 109 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 243 (C2) HDA temperature 123 100 27 (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	71.1% Very good	Read 138 Write 110 Mixed 116 91% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 3.05 4K Mixed 0.28 111% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMX8GX3M2A1333C9 CMX8GX3M2A1333C9 8GB 277 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	50.5% Above average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 16.4 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 15.6 SC Mixed 15.4 43% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 53%

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Typical Z68A-GD55 (MS-7681) Builds (Compare 22 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 25%

Raft

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 20%

Surfboard

Motherboard: MSI Z68A-GD55 (MS-7681)

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	12x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	7x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	2x

GPU
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	3x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	3x
HD 3000 (Desktop V2 1.35 GHz)Intel $15Bench 2%, 6,831 samples	2x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	3x
CT1000BX500SSD1 1TBBench 70%, 46,239 samples	2x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	2x

RAM
CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 16GBCorsairBench 49%, 430 samples	3x
XMS3 DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 50%, 11,344 samples	2x
CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 8GBCorsairBench 48%, 1,087 samples	2x

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Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $473

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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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