MSI Z68A-GD80 (MS-7672)

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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	62.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	52% 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-7672
Motherboard	MSI Z68A-GD80 (MS-7672) (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110425
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '18 at 18:44
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	IRN-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (45^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 90.9 1-Core 95.7 2-Core 187 73% 124 Pts	4-Core 360 8-Core 356 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
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Lighting 79.1 Reflection 77.3 Parallax 66.8 64% 74.4 fps	MRender 69.6 Gravity 68.3 Splatting 71.6 57% 69.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 256GB-$54 40,725 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 107GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0125A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd 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 100 100 134 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 96 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 60 (A3) Unknown 100 100 6 (A4) Unknown 100 100 5929 (A5) Unknown 100 100 35 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 11 (94) Unknown 100 100 7987 (95) Unknown 100 100 327 (96) Unknown 100 100 105 (97) Unknown 100 100 234 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1500 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 43 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 33597 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 33597 (F2) Unknown 100 100 47216 (F5) Unknown 100 100 94864	52% Above average	Read 337 Write 236 Mixed 245 60% 273 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 50.4 4K Mixed 10.8 75% 28.1 MB/s	DQ Read 29 DQ Write 78.6 DQ Mixed 12.6 21% 40 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 118%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 128GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 190 188 6466 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2310 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8117 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2299 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 133 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 176 176 73557 (C2) HDA temperature 112 103 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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	25.9% Poor	Read 45 Write 44.9 Mixed 25 28% 38.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.2 69% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 25.9% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLT8G3D1869DT1TX0. BLT8G3D1869DT1TX0. 16GB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	29% Poor	MC Read 9.1 MC Write 9.4 MC Mixed 8.3 26% 8.93 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 9.9 SC Mixed 8.2 26% 8.97 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 29% Great: 66%

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Typical Z68A-GD80 (MS-7672) Builds (Compare 17 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 24%

Surfboard

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 20%

Surfboard

Motherboard: MSI Z68A-GD80 (MS-7672)

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	6x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	4x
Core i7-2600Intel $197Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	4x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	3x
HD 3000 (Desktop V2 1.35 GHz)Intel $15Bench 2%, 6,831 samples	2x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	2x

SSD
SSD320 256GBTranscend $419Bench 75%, 137 samples	2x
Force GS 180GBCorsair $134Bench 73%, 623 samples	2x
320 Series 120GBIntel $89Bench 40%, 9,651 samples	1x

RAM
CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 8GBCorsairBench 48%, 1,087 samples	3x
CMX8GX3M2A1333C9 VS2GB1333D3 CMX8GX3M2A1333C9 VS2GB1333D3 12GBCorsairBench 45%, 3 samples	2x
CMT16GX3M4X2133C9 CMT16GX3M4X2133C9 CMT16GX3M4X2133C9 CMT16GX3M4X2133C9 16GBCorsairBench 52%, 15 samples	2x

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Value: 38% - Below average

Total price: $797

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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