MSI Z68A-GD80 (MS-7672)

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53.3% 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	37.1% 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.

System	MSI MS-7672
Motherboard	MSI Z68A-GD80 (MS-7672) (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120111
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '17 at 21:31
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 92.4 1-Core 111 2-Core 216 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 434 58% 432 Pts	64-Core 437 27% 437 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	53.3% Above average	Lighting 66.5 Reflection 68.3 Parallax 61.5 54% 65.4 fps	MRender 73.9 Gravity 63.1 Splatting 55.7 52% 64.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 69GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q 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 99 419 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 145 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (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 70 64 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1830154769	81.5% Excellent	Read 430 Write 360 Mixed 339 84% 377 MB/s	4K Read 40.3 4K Write 73.5 4K Mixed 25.5 133% 46.4 MB/s	DQ Read 39.9 DQ Write 98.2 DQ Mixed 25.6 32% 54.6 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 124%
Intel 320 Series 80GB-$60 4,402 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4PC10362 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8313 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4703 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 4666 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 33 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 367342 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 4005 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 2684853334 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 97 97 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 367342 (F2) Unknown 100 100 477498	37.1% Below average	Read 229 Write 91.7 Mixed 105 31% 142 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 41 4K Mixed 14.2 70% 25.1 MB/s	DQ Read 21.3 DQ Write 44.7 DQ Mixed 14.1 16% 26.7 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 45%
WD WD7502AAEX-00Y9A0 750GB 4,731 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 606GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 171 4275 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5780 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12926 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5477 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 86 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5695 (C2) HDA temperature 109 100 38 (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 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	66.3% Good	Read 118 Write 112 Mixed 77.8 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1.18 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.4 134% 1.26 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-10666CL9-4GBRL F3-10666CL9-4GBRL F3-10666CL9-4GBRL F3-10666CL9-4GBRL 16GB 160 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 16.2 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 18 SC Mixed 17.2 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 63.4 63% 63.4 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 52%

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Typical Z68A-GD80 (MS-7672) Builds (Compare 17 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 24%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 20%

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Motherboard: MSI Z68A-GD80 (MS-7672)

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	6x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	4x
Core i7-2600Intel $197Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	4x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	3x
HD 3000 (Desktop V2 1.35 GHz)Intel $15Bench 2%, 6,831 samples	2x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	2x

SSD
SSD320 256GBTranscend $419Bench 75%, 137 samples	2x
Force GS 180GBCorsair $134Bench 73%, 623 samples	2x
320 Series 120GBIntel $89Bench 40%, 9,651 samples	1x

RAM
CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 8GBCorsairBench 48%, 1,087 samples	3x
CMX8GX3M2A1333C9 VS2GB1333D3 CMX8GX3M2A1333C9 VS2GB1333D3 12GBCorsairBench 45%, 3 samples	2x
CMT16GX3M4X2133C9 CMT16GX3M4X2133C9 CMT16GX3M4X2133C9 CMT16GX3M4X2133C9 16GBCorsairBench 52%, 15 samples	2x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 38% - Below average

Total price: $797

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 $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