MSI Z68MA-G45 (MS-7676)

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 76.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	16.9% 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	51% 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.

System	MSI MS-7676
Motherboard	MSI Z68MA-G45 (MS-7676) (all builds)
Memory	8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130109
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	May 27 '17 at 17:53
Run Duration	236 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	76.9% Very good	Memory 94 1-Core 92.1 2-Core 179 72% 122 Pts	4-Core 347 8-Core 352 47% 350 Pts	64-Core 349 22% 349 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 560 Ti-$188 42,397 User benchmarks, average bench 16% PNY(196E 0898) 1GB CLim: 822 MHz, MLim: 1002 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	16.9% Very poor	Lighting 19.7 Reflection 23.4 Parallax 20.5 16% 21.2 fps	MRender 26.4 Gravity 20.4 Splatting 21.6 18% 22.8 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 16.9% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: 000F Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 18324 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 495 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 96 96 127 (AE) Unknown 100 100 183 (B5) Unknown 100 100 6240626606935 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 81 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 96 96 4 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	51% Above average	Read 392 Write 194 Mixed 191 57% 259 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 63 4K Mixed 4.65 74% 30.1 MB/s	DQ Read 28 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 0.02 20% 46.8 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 72%
WD Black 750GB (2008)-$140 11,698 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 193GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 230 223 8500 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4107 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 45 45 40678 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1387 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 272 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4106 (C2) HDA temperature 120 94 30 (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 3 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	51% Above average	Read 94.5 Write 82.7 Mixed 31.2 51% 69.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 2.27 4K Mixed 0.4 115% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 65%
WD My Passport 0810 1TB 5,284 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 9GB free, PID 0810 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	13.2% Very poor	Read 29.3 Write 23 Mixed 26.9 33% 26.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.19 51% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 13.2% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1866 CL10 Series 2x8GB 7,244 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	MC Read 19.8 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 19.1 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 16.2 SC Mixed 16.4 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 59.8 67% 59.8 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 68%

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Gaming 60%

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Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 49%

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Motherboard: MSI Z68MA-G45 (MS-7676)

CPU
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	5x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	3x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	2x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	4x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	3x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	2x

SSD
SD7SB3Q-128G-1006 128GBSandiskBench 78%, 2,148 samples	3x
256GB SSD 256GBLexarBench 111%, 12,615 samples	2x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	2x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 58%, 8,730 samples	3x
F3-2133C9-4GXL 859B BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 859B BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 859B BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 24GBUnknownBench 54%, 3 samples	3x
CML4GX3M1A1600C9 04CD F3-1600C11-8GNT 04CD F3-1600C11-8GNT 20GBUnknownBench 35%, 2 samples	2x

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Value: 108% - Outstanding

Total price: $307

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