MSI Z68A-G45 (B3) (MS-7750)

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 77.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	36.7% 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	80.2% 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.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7750
Motherboard	MSI Z68A-G45 (B3) (MS-7750) (all builds)
Memory	3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120110
Uptime	10.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 05 '17 at 00:45
Run Duration	1339 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	43%

PC Performing below expectations (34^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	77.4% Very good	Memory 84.3 1-Core 110 2-Core 217 78% 137 Pts	4-Core 409 8-Core 398 54% 404 Pts	64-Core 387 24% 387 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Sapphire(174B 3001) CLim: 991 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.7.1 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	36.7% Below average	Lighting 47.7 Reflection 32.2 Parallax 61 39% 47 fps	MRender 30.7 Gravity 47.1 Splatting 39.9 32% 39.2 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 55GB free Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 27283 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 666 (B1) Unknown 98 98 19 (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 61 57 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 541 (EB) Unknown 99 99 215 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8102333440	54.1% Above average	Read 240 Write 166 Mixed 159 42% 188 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 49.4 4K Mixed 20.3 109% 35.7 MB/s	DQ Read 42.2 DQ Write 63.3 DQ Mixed 20.2 24% 41.9 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 118%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 40GB 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 98 98 9506 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 390 (B1) Unknown 94 94 107 (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 57 53 43 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 12 (F1) Unknown 99 99 31827554244	80.2% Excellent	Read 433 Write 356 Mixed 313 82% 367 MB/s	4K Read 39.3 4K Write 69.7 4K Mixed 25 128% 44.7 MB/s	DQ Read 45 DQ Write 95.1 DQ Mixed 24.7 32% 54.9 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 124%
Adata S599 64GB 298 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 18GB free Firmware: 3.1.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 99 3123116 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 160 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -133539123118938 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1331 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 274 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 35 65 4259875 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 99 3123116 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 97 97 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 6144 (EA) Unknown 0 0 32000 (F1) Unknown 0 0 32000 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9472	22.7% Poor	Read 149 Write 63.9 Mixed 89.7 22% 101 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 10 4K Mixed 7.16 42% 11.7 MB/s	DQ Read 23.2 DQ Write 10.2 DQ Mixed 6.94 8% 13.5 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 22.7% Great: 50%
Adata S511 60GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 3GB free Firmware: 319ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 92 92 987845163750 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 26023206870187 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1268 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 147 (B1) Unknown 0 0 9 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 128 129 545469300864 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 987845163750 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 987845163750 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 987845163750 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 429496729700 (E7) Temperature 0 0 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 21090 (EA) Unknown 0 0 21104 (F1) Unknown 0 0 21104 (F2) Unknown 0 0 23410	40.7% Average	Read 214 Write 74.6 Mixed 96.1 28% 128 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 57.1 4K Mixed 11.5 89% 32.6 MB/s	DQ Read 28.7 DQ Write 64.5 DQ Mixed 12.8 19% 35.3 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 66%
Seagate STM3500418AS 500GB 8,252 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 25GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 130660611 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 81 81 20080 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 3 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 107922363 (09) Power-on hours count 38 38 54871 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1363 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 9 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 42 464411361313 (C2) HDA temperature 33 58 60129542177 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 26 13 130660611 (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 -73345156464763 (F1) Unknown 100 253 141610803 (F2) Unknown 100 253 7510797	38% Below average	Read 65.1 Write 67 Mixed 31.6 40% 54.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.38 87% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 71%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$90 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 14GB free Firmware: 01.03A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 152 150 3366 (04) Start/Stop count 79 79 21089 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 16 16 61728 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1521 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 470 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 21089 (C2) HDA temperature 107 77 36 (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	36% Below average	Read 62.6 Write 62.4 Mixed 41.7 41% 55.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.43 111% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMX8GX3M2A1333C9 CMX8GX3M2A1333C9 8GB 277 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	48.1% Average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 17.3 MC Mixed 15.7 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 14 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 72.9 55% 72.9 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 53%

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Gaming 23%

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Desktop 75%

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Workstation 18%

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Motherboard: MSI Z68A-G45 (B3) (MS-7750)

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	6x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	4x
Core i7-2600Intel $191Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	4x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	3x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	3x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	2x

SSD
CS900 240GBPNY $20Bench 73%, 61,417 samples	3x
Raid 0 Volume 960GBIntelBench 127%, 3,595 samples	3x
840 120GBSamsung $109Bench 61%, 51,792 samples	2x

RAM
F3-14900CL9-4GBSR F3-14900CL9-4GBSR F3-14900CL9-4GBSR F3-14900CL9-4GBSR 16GBUnknownBench 46%, 65 samples	3x
99U5471-020.A00LF 99U5471-020.A00LF 99U5471-020.A00LF 99U5471-020.A00LF 16GBKingstonBench 49%, 68 samples	3x
1333EL Series 1333EL Series 8GBUnknownBench 37%, 275 samples	1x

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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $325

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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 $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