MSI Z68A-GD65 (MS-7681)

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	30.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	66.1% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	MSI MS-7681
Motherboard	MSI Z68A-GD65 (MS-7681) (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 23 '17 at 11:20
Run Duration	207 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570K-$136 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Memory 89.6 1-Core 101 2-Core 200 75% 130 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 391 52% 392 Pts	64-Core 385 24% 385 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 670-$435 47,610 User benchmarks, average bench 28% Asus(1043 841B) 2GB CLim: 1267 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	30.8% Below average	Lighting 36.4 Reflection 34.7 Parallax 44.3 30% 38.5 fps	MRender 47.7 Gravity 40.9 Splatting 35.1 33% 41.2 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 31%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Blast 240GB 5,061 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 138GB free Firmware: SAFM Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1885 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1083 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 228 (AD) Unknown 100 100 327696 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 134 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 95 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1618	60.8% Good	Read 515 Write 331 Mixed 338 87% 395 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 32.6 4K Mixed 8.18 65% 21.8 MB/s	DQ Read 25.6 DQ Write 37.7 DQ Mixed 8.39 13% 23.9 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 94%
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3938 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 4366 (B1) Unknown 97 97 96 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 65 25 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 413 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11169494161	66.1% Good	Read 515 Write 266 Mixed 306 80% 362 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 55 4K Mixed 16.4 92% 33 MB/s	DQ Read 30.7 DQ Write 69 DQ Mixed 17.6 23% 39.1 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 110%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 139GB free Firmware: 15.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 197 196 3696 (03) Spinup time 136 135 4175 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5245 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6617 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4878 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 328 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4916 (C2) HDA temperature 117 93 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0
Poor: 24% Great: 69%
Seagate ST3808110AS 80GB-$33 4,823 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 18GB free Firmware: 3.AA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 91 55176470 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13389 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 574581711 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14488 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 88 88 13248 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 52 471007260 (C2) HDA temperature 28 48 55834574876 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 60 46 214919652 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	33.2% Below average	Read 56.1 Write 59.5 Mixed 59.5 44% 58.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.35 82% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M379B5273DH0-YK0 2x4GB 795 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	60.8% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 19.1 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 17.8 SC Mixed 17.9 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 74%

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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 $195Bench 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 $178	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