MSI Z68A-GD80 (MS-7672)

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 63.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	17.8% 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	43.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7672
Motherboard	MSI Z68A-GD80 (MS-7672) (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111109
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 01 '17 at 14:45
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2700K-$89 20,692 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	63.9% Good	Memory 90.4 1-Core 91.5 2-Core 146 67% 109 Pts	4-Core 220 8-Core 214 29% 217 Pts	64-Core 203 12% 203 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 560 Ti-$188 42,397 User benchmarks, average bench 16% MSI(1462 2387) 2GB CLim: 880 MHz, MLim: 1002 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	17.8% Very poor	Lighting 20.7 Reflection 24.6 Parallax 18.8 17% 21.4 fps	MRender 28.2 Gravity 21.7 Splatting 22.9 20% 24.3 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 17.8% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 0GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 19862429 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 -29403346097665 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2727 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 55 (B1) Unknown 0 0 6 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 19862429 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 19862429 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 19862429 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 10589 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8063 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8063 (F2) Unknown 0 0 15887	43.1% Average	Read 292 Write 101 Mixed 88.1 35% 161 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 61.1 4K Mixed 9.92 78% 31 MB/s	DQ Read 24.9 DQ Write 100 DQ Mixed 3.46 20% 42.8 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 82%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 186GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 162 155 6875 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7597 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 17572 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2409 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 68 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7564 (C2) HDA temperature 124 101 26 (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 22 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	40.9% Average	Read 73.9 Write 68.3 Mixed 24 40% 55.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.33 92% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMT16GX3M4X2133C9 CMT16GX3M4X2133C9 CMT16GX3M4X2133C9 CMT16GX3M4X2133C9 16GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	49.1% Average	MC Read 16.7 MC Write 17.7 MC Mixed 15.9 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 13.9 41% 14.4 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 76%

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

Gaming 24%

Surfboard

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 20%

Surfboard

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 $194Bench 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

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Value: 38% - Below average

Total price: $797

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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