MSI Z68A-G43 (G3) (MS-7750)

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	21.4% 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	55.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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-7750
Motherboard	MSI Z68A-G43 (G3) (MS-7750) (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130109
Uptime	6.8 Days
Run Date	Jul 23 '17 at 15:56
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	SRB-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (71^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 4.2 GHz, turbo 5.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Memory 93.9 1-Core 111 2-Core 221 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 388 55% 406 Pts	64-Core 390 24% 390 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6950-$290 24,657 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Sapphire(174B 186B) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	21.4% Poor	Lighting 27.3 Reflection 21.6 Parallax 24 22% 24.3 fps	MRender 20.3 Gravity 21.9 Splatting 27.8 20% 23.4 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.4% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 120GB 22,489 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20150213 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^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 2423 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 548 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 484 (A2) Unknown 100 100 1 (A3) Unknown 100 100 139 (A4) Unknown 100 100 4282473 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1072 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1020 (A7) Unknown 100 100 1082 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 58 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 46983 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (F1) Unknown 100 100 264868 (F2) Unknown 100 100 168359	55.8% Above average	Read 451 Write 157 Mixed 204 59% 271 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 94.8 4K Mixed 2.41 92% 41 MB/s	DQ Read 25 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 2.73 22% 48.4 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 83%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 173GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 134 127 6291 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2201 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 34 34 48760 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 848 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 177 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 755138 (C2) HDA temperature 105 91 42 (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	33.7% Below average	Read 53.9 Write 63.5 Mixed 26.8 35% 48.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.21 68% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot PSD34G16002 2x4GB 841 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.3% Good	MC Read 21 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 19.9 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 19.1 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 60.1 67% 60.1 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 60%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z68A-G43 (G3) (MS-7750) Builds (Compare 135 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 54%

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Desktop 74%

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Workstation 42%

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Motherboard: MSI Z68A-G43 (G3) (MS-7750)

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	41x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	16x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	11x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	13x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	8x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	8x

SSD
PLUS 120GBSandiskBench 43%, 16,974 samples	8x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	6x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	6x

RAM
9905471-074.A00LF 99U5471-054.A00LF 16GBKingstonBench 55%, 75 samples	6x
Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 52%, 16,472 samples	4x
KHX1600C9D3/4GX 8502 PSD34G13332 8GBKingstonBench 51%, 13 samples	4x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $379

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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