MSI Z68A-GD65 (MS-7681)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 43% Speed boat	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 49.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	0.54% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7681
Motherboard	MSI Z68A-GD65 (MS-7681) (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111014
Uptime	10 Days
Run Date	Nov 10 '17 at 15:59
Run Duration	309 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing below expectations (23^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 0.95 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	49.4% Average	Memory 88.8 1-Core 38.9 2-Core 67.5 46% 65.1 Pts	4-Core 58.9 8-Core 88.3 9% 73.6 Pts	64-Core 90.9 6% 90.9 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 3000 (Desktop V2 1.35 GHz)-$15 6,831 User benchmarks, average bench 2% MSI(1462 7681) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	0.54% Terrible	Lighting 0.57 Reflection 0.88 Parallax 0.44 0% 0.63 fps	MRender 0.95 Gravity 0.43 Splatting 1.04 1% 0.81 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 0.54% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Maxtor 6L300S0 300GB-$45 2,416 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 176GB free Firmware: BANC1G10 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 184 158 27983 (04) Start/Stop count 246 246 15520 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 2 (06) Read channel margin 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 250 239 59167 (09) Power-on hours count 169 169 60556 (0A) Spinup retry count 236 216 11 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 246 246 3063 (C0) Power-off retract count 253 253 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 38 253 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 252 5380 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 199 199 0 (C8) Write error rate 253 252 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 252 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 252 0 (CB) Run out cancel 253 252 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 253 252 0 (CD) Thermal asperity rate(TAR) 253 252 0 (CF) Spin high current 238 217 15 (D0) Spin buzz 253 251 0 (D1) Offline seek performance 241 241 154 (D2) Unknown 253 252 0 (D3) Unknown 253 252 0 (D4) Unknown 253 252 0
Poor: 18% Great: 36%
WD WD3200KS-00PFB0 320GB 3,103 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 128GB free Firmware: 21.00M21 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 189 188 5550 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11333 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 59 59 30235 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2882 (BE) vendor-specific 65 46 35 (C2) HDA temperature 115 96 35 (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
Poor: 17% Great: 36%
WD Blue 500GB (2007)-$80 10,362 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 62GB free Firmware: 12.01C02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 177 6041 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12619 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 32 32 50079 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2787 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 44 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 12619 (C2) HDA temperature 118 99 32 (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	30.9% Below average	Read 51.3 Write 55.9 Mixed 27.1 33% 44.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.36 93% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 30.9% Great: 51%
WD Blue 500GB (2007)-$80 10,362 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: 12.01C02 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 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 177 6083 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6137 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 32 32 50169 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2787 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 48 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6137 (C2) HDA temperature 118 101 32 (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	22.5% Poor	Read 42.6 Write 35.6 Mixed 38.9 29% 39.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 0.98 4K Mixed 0.21 58% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 22.5% Great: 51%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 5TB 1,185 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4.5TB free, PID d011 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	Read 187 Write 167 Mixed 132 202% 162 MB/s	4K Read 11.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.3 136% 4.82 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 81%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 16GB 430 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	35.2% Below average	MC Read 10.9 MC Write 13.1 MC Mixed 12.9 35% 12.3 GB/s	SC Read 7.3 SC Write 4.8 SC Mixed 7.6 19% 6.57 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 59%

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Gaming 38%

Jet ski

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 31%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI Z68A-GD65 (MS-7681)

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	24x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	19x
Core i7-2600Intel $194Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	2x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	6x
HD 3000 (Desktop V2 1.35 GHz)Intel $15Bench 2%, 6,831 samples	5x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	5x

SSD
SSD Plus 240GBSanDisk $28Bench 61%, 133,640 samples	6x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	5x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	3x

RAM
CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 16GBCorsairBench 50%, 118 samples	5x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	4x
RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 60%, 5,448 samples	2x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $547

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