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

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	111% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	86.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7681
Motherboard	MSI Z68A-GD65 (G3) (MS-7681) (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 09 '17 at 17:31
Run Duration	85 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Memory 95 1-Core 117 2-Core 236 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 598 65% 513 Pts	64-Core 587 36% 587 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 1B80) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 149 Reflection 152 Parallax 143 122% 148 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 142 Splatting 110 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 216GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4493 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 459 (B1) Unknown 99 99 13 (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 64 54 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 23 (F1) Unknown 99 99 39185487616	86.4% Excellent	Read 517 Write 414 Mixed 422 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 76.1 4K Mixed 19.8 119% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 33.6 DQ Write 224 DQ Mixed 108 89% 122 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 1,320 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 18.5 57% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 18.6 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 57 70% 57 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 58.9% 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%

Jet ski

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 31%

Sail boat

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 $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