MSI Z68MA-G45 (MS-7676)

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	21.3% 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	54.9% 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.

Very high background CPU (66%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7676
Motherboard	MSI Z68MA-G45 (MS-7676) (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130109
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 22 '18 at 18:26
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	66%

PC Performing as expected (53^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 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	69.4% Good	Memory 90.3 1-Core 86.4 2-Core 171 69% 116 Pts	4-Core 273 8-Core 336 39% 304 Pts	64-Core 208 13% 208 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 83%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 3000 (Desktop V2 1.35 GHz)-$15 6,831 User benchmarks, average bench 2% MSI(1462 2111) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	2.23% Terrible	Lighting 2.73 Reflection 3.5 Parallax 1.09 2% 2.44 fps	MRender 3.86 Gravity 1.27 Splatting 3 2% 2.71 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.23% Great: 2%
AMD HD 7850-$174 49,592 User benchmarks, average bench 19% PwrHis(1787 2345) 2GB CLim: 860 MHz, MLim: 1200 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.2.2 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	21.3% Poor	Lighting 25.8 Reflection 27.6 Parallax 30.8 21% 28.1 fps	MRender 24.8 Gravity 20.1 Splatting 32.6 22% 25.8 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.3% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ VERTEX3 60GB 3,574 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 94 94 10334888 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 6 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 48455821051993 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2303 (AB) Unknown 0 0 6 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 90 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 6 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 10334888 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 6 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 10334888 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 10334888 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 64 64 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 16775 (EA) Unknown 0 0 11285 (F1) Unknown 0 0 11285 (F2) Unknown 0 0 25104	54.9% Above average	Read 451 Write 73.2 Mixed 108 45% 211 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 63 4K Mixed 16.9 97% 35.9 MB/s	DQ Read 104 DQ Write 75.9 DQ Mixed 27.4 37% 68.9 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 70%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 219GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 145 142 3750 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6477 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 19857 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3509 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 176 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6300 (C2) HDA temperature 117 97 26 (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	62.8% Good	Read 107 Write 112 Mixed 101 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.34 93% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 69%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA662 500GB 14,997 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 46GB free Firmware: JP2OA41A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 75 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 100 96 (03) Spinup time 117 100 12897747139 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 901 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1245203 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 100 31 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4177 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 647 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 98 98 196607 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 91 25771442811 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 61 353894424 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 908 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 908 (C2) HDA temperature 250 157 167504773144 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 19 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	50.5% Above average	Read 93.1 Write 82.9 Mixed 99.9 70% 92 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.29 70% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.1% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 17.4 MC Mixed 16 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 15.6 SC Mixed 15.6 39% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 63%

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Typical Z68MA-G45 (MS-7676) Builds (Compare 20 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 60%

Gunboat

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 49%

Yacht

Motherboard: MSI Z68MA-G45 (MS-7676)

CPU
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	5x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	3x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	2x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	4x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	3x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	2x

SSD
SD7SB3Q-128G-1006 128GBSandiskBench 78%, 2,148 samples	3x
256GB SSD 256GBLexarBench 111%, 12,615 samples	2x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	2x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 58%, 8,730 samples	3x
F3-2133C9-4GXL 859B BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 859B BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 859B BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 24GBUnknownBench 54%, 3 samples	3x
CML4GX3M1A1600C9 04CD F3-1600C11-8GNT 04CD F3-1600C11-8GNT 20GBUnknownBench 35%, 2 samples	2x

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Value: 108% - Outstanding

Total price: $307

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