MSI P67A-C43 (MS-7673)

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	76.6% 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	39.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7673
Motherboard	MSI P67A-C43 (MS-7673) (all builds)
Memory	8.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120801
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Mar 25 '17 at 17:08
Run Duration	268 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600-$197 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	Memory 88.1 1-Core 88.3 2-Core 160 68% 112 Pts	4-Core 283 8-Core 428 44% 355 Pts	64-Core 427 26% 427 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.6% Very good	Lighting 94.3 Reflection 109 Parallax 91.3 77% 98.3 fps	MRender 93.2 Gravity 89.7 Splatting 94.8 76% 92.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 232GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 10059 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 67 (B1) Unknown 97 97 50 (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 68 50 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 40 (F1) Unknown 99 99 49005029843	39.9% Below average	Read 197 Write 181 Mixed 171 41% 183 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 28.6 4K Mixed 13.3 65% 21.1 MB/s	DQ Read 28 DQ Write 49.6 DQ Mixed 16.3 19% 31.3 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 134%
WD Blue 6TB (2015)-$215 8,416 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 197 197 9108 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 215 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5270 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 27 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 14 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 182 182 54015 (C2) HDA temperature 120 111 32 (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	67.2% Good	Read 117 Write 117 Mixed 100 84% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.2 99% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 97%
Kingston SV300S37A120G 2TB 38 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2TB free Firmware: JKAOA28A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 98 98 4 (02) Throughput performance 131 131 109 (03) Spinup time 117 117 51580109416 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 8843 (05) Reallocated sector count 1 1 1497 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 40 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 57615 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 488 (C0) Power-off retract count 93 93 9295 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 9296 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 249109282853 (C4) Reallocation count 26 26 1515 (C5) Current pending sector count 78 78 569 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 8 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 224282	32.9% Below average	Read 102 Write 13.1 Mixed 14 31% 42.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 0.32 4K Mixed 0.16 44% 0.32 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 104%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 120 (03) Spinup time 171 167 6416 (04) Start/Stop count 84 84 16393 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 35 35 47968 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 378 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 324 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 44 44 468591 (C2) HDA temperature 119 104 31 (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	61.2% Good	Read 110 Write 103 Mixed 68.6 70% 94 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.22 74% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 67%
WD My Passport 0830 1TB 8,379 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 930GB free, PID 0830 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	24.1% Poor	Read 97.1 Write 39.1 Mixed 46.3 67% 60.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.45 4K Mixed 0.26 26% 0.41 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 24.1% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 468 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.5% Average	MC Read 14.8 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 14.2 42% 14.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 15.1 SC Mixed 14 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 61%

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Gaming 36%

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Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: MSI P67A-C43 (MS-7673) - $300

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	106x
Core i7-2600Intel $197Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	61x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	48x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	29x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	20x
GTX 550-TiNvidia $250Bench 9%, 54,392 samples	13x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	15x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	9x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	8x

RAM
BL51264BA160A.16FH BL51264BA160A.16FH 8GBUnknownBench 49%, 72 samples	6x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	4x
CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 8GBCorsairBench 48%, 1,087 samples	4x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $826

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $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