MSI Z68A-GD65 (G3) (MS-7681)

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55.4% 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	52.5% 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.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7681
Motherboard	MSI Z68A-GD65 (G3) (MS-7681) (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 29 '16 at 17:46
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 4.2 GHz, turbo 5.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 95.3 1-Core 111 2-Core 222 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 445 58% 438 Pts	64-Core 441 27% 441 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Nvidia(10DE 1131) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7290 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	Lighting 69.8 Reflection 71.1 Parallax 70.6 57% 70.5 fps	MRender 74.4 Gravity 65.7 Splatting 56.2 53% 65.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 90 90 9816731 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 12 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 99127845201472 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1550 (AB) Unknown 0 0 12 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 90 (B1) Unknown 0 0 6 (B5) Unknown 0 0 12 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 9816731 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 12 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 9816731 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 9816731 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 13447 (EA) Unknown 0 0 10845 (F1) Unknown 0 0 10845 (F2) Unknown 0 0 12356	52.5% Above average	Read 330 Write 126 Mixed 175 46% 210 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 86.5 4K Mixed 14 99% 41.2 MB/s	DQ Read 26.5 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 12.9 26% 50.4 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 120GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 192370971 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3797 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 38033037 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4221 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1604 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 196644 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 58 420610073 (C2) HDA temperature 25 42 55834574873 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 44 31 192370971 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -74406013424774 (F1) Unknown 100 253 261808431 (F2) Unknown 100 253 731142141	40.4% Average	Read 72.4 Write 68.2 Mixed 47.7 47% 62.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.37 95% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 68%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 656GB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	30.5% Below average	Read 75.8 Write 70.9 Mixed 73.7 94% 73.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.19 52% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 44%
StoreJet Transcend 1TB 14,954 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 224GB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	30% Below average	Read 76 Write 65.2 Mixed 65.8 87% 69 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.21 61% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 30% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C8 2x4GB 2,902 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	35.1% Below average	MC Read 11 MC Write 11.3 MC Mixed 10.2 31% 10.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 12 SC Mixed 11.3 32% 11.3 GB/s	Latency 56.3 71% 56.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 63%

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Typical Z68A-GD65 (G3) (MS-7681) Builds (Compare 165 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 38%

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Desktop 78%

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Workstation 31%

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Motherboard: MSI Z68A-GD65 (G3) (MS-7681)

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	63x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	41x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	16x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	21x
HD 3000 (Desktop V1 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 8,807 samples	11x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	10x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	11x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	5x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	5x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	10x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	10x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 50%, 23,732 samples	5x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $599

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	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 $184	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) $35	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