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

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	54.8% 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	47.6% 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.

System	MSI MS-7681
Motherboard	MSI Z68A-GD65 (G3) (MS-7681) (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130705
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 24 '17 at 21:00
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	76.4% Very good	Memory 91.1 1-Core 94.1 2-Core 183 72% 123 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 358 48% 358 Pts	64-Core 358 22% 358 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% MSI(1462 3415) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	54.8% Above average	Lighting 69.8 Reflection 65.6 Parallax 81.8 57% 72.4 fps	MRender 66.8 Gravity 66.1 Splatting 55.3 51% 62.7 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7263 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2156 (B1) Unknown 89 89 400 (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 63 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 210 (F1) Unknown 99 99 15208275030	47.6% Average	Read 359 Write 267 Mixed 238 64% 288 MB/s	4K Read 12.6 4K Write 35.4 4K Mixed 10.5 51% 19.5 MB/s	DQ Read 23.5 DQ Write 51 DQ Mixed 12.6 17% 29 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 820GB free Firmware: JC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 123484221 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3847 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6658543 (09) Power-on hours count 89 88 10507 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3604 (B7) Unknown 87 87 13 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 70 55 505217054 (C2) HDA temperature 30 45 73014444062 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 42 21 123484221 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 86397562146307 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3339332740 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3897402700	65.7% Good	Read 116 Write 113 Mixed 75 75% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.18 4K Mixed 0.49 110% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 68%
Seagate ST3500820AS 500GB 4,420 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 466GB free Firmware: SD45 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 81653547 (03) Spinup time 92 84 0 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 15446 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 12934895327 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 17849 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 21 (0C) Power cycle count 97 37 3092 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590589962 (BD) vendor-specific 66 66 34 (BE) vendor-specific 71 42 77797785629 (C2) HDA temperature 29 58 21474836509 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 35 29 81653547 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1	58.7% Above average	Read 105 Write 99.9 Mixed 70.5 68% 91.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 0.87 4K Mixed 0.32 72% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 27,024 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	52.7% Above average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 16.7 52% 18 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 17.3 SC Mixed 16.7 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 52.7% 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%

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Desktop 78%

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Workstation 31%

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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 $160Bench 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 $46

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