MSI P67A-C43 (MS-7673)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 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 74.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	49.7% 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	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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	MSI MS-7673
Motherboard	MSI P67A-C43 (MS-7673) (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, 1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110414
Uptime	35.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '18 at 06:11
Run Duration	320 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing below expectations (39^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 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	Memory 87.4 1-Core 92.2 2-Core 180 70% 120 Pts	4-Core 355 8-Core 350 47% 353 Pts	64-Core 355 22% 355 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Nvidia(10DE 1131) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.7% Average	Lighting 61.2 Reflection 64.2 Parallax 64.7 50% 63.4 fps	MRender 71.8 Gravity 57.5 Splatting 54.3 49% 61.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 181GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 28 (03) Spinup time 177 176 4133 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2132 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 21122 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 36 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 733355 (C2) HDA temperature 118 106 29 (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 1 516303 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	51.8% Above average	Read 89.8 Write 90.7 Mixed 53 58% 77.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.22 84% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 84%
HGST Travelstar 7K750 2.5" 500GB-$59 9,994 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 25GB free Firmware: JF3OA0D0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 173 173 98784247810 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2622 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 13 13 38509 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 864 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 231 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 1319425 (C2) HDA temperature 222 222 257699151899 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 13 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	28.2% Poor	Read 48.5 Write 49.5 Mixed 28.8 31% 42.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 0.88 4K Mixed 0.18 55% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 28.2% Great: 59%
Seagate ST31000520AS 1TB-$250 11,608 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 9GB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 229934237 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7280 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 83547287 (09) Power-on hours count 55 55 40106 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 773 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 60 504561692 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 81604378652 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 35 24 229934237 (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 -117497420275849 (F1) Unknown 100 253 706705643 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2763666925	36.7% Below average	Read 66.4 Write 61.5 Mixed 34.8 40% 54.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.29 77% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 62%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$80 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.03A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 51050 (03) Spinup time 177 151 2125 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2271 (05) Reallocated sector count 199 199 8 (07) Seek error rate 200 196 0 (09) Power-on hours count 15 15 62263 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2247 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 429 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2271 (C2) HDA temperature 110 97 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 186 178 755 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 185 9 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 52435 (C8) Write error rate 200 190 8	41.3% Average	Read 67.2 Write 76.8 Mixed 63.1 52% 69 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.27 64% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 58%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 129GB 154 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 61GB free, PID 005b Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	5.92% Terrible	Read 21.6 Write 7.26 Mixed 7.9 13% 12.3 MB/s	4K Read 4.96 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.005 19% 1.66 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 5.92% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2000EL Series 1600EL Series 2000EL Series 1600EL Series 8GB 1067, 1067, 1067, 1067 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	42.4% Average	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 13.3 40% 14 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 15.1 SC Mixed 13.7 39% 13.6 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns

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Typical P67A-C43 (MS-7673) Builds (Compare 305 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 36%

Jet ski

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 28%

Raft

Motherboard: MSI P67A-C43 (MS-7673) - $300

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	106x
Core i7-2600Intel $197Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	61x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	48x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	29x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	20x
GTX 550-TiNvidia $250Bench 9%, 54,392 samples	13x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	15x
MX500 1TBCrucial $86Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	9x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	8x

RAM
BL51264BA160A.16FH BL51264BA160A.16FH 8GBUnknownBench 49%, 72 samples	6x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	4x
CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 8GBCorsairBench 48%, 1,087 samples	4x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $826

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 $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) $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