MSI Z68MA-G45 (B3) (MS-7676)

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 79.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	99.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	73.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7676
Motherboard	MSI Z68MA-G45 (B3) (MS-7676) (all builds)
Memory	29.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110624
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '18 at 04:13
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2400-$250 166,255 User benchmarks, average bench 61% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Memory 95.6 1-Core 94.8 2-Core 188 75% 126 Pts	4-Core 364 8-Core 368 49% 366 Pts	64-Core 368 23% 368 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2138 MHz, MLim: 2560 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 368.25 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.4% Outstanding	Lighting 154 Reflection 34 Parallax 34.8 126% 74.4 fps	MRender 0.9 Gravity 149 Splatting 31.3 48% 60.4 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 222GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 242 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 123 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 60 59 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 16 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3447670565	73.3% Very good	Read 408 Write 348 Mixed 327 80% 361 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 56.6 4K Mixed 22 111% 37.9 MB/s	DQ Read 34.6 DQ Write 92.6 DQ Mixed 20.1 28% 49.1 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 575GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 241512896 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 773 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 3316392 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1677 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 484 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 58 521732126 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 32 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 17873 (C2) HDA temperature 30 42 51539607582 (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 -49843095469108 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5462354292 (F2) Unknown 100 253 13405154720	99% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 170 Mixed 102 110% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.16 76% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 114%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 465GB free Firmware: MS1OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 138 138 84 (03) Spinup time 128 128 12896567475 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1209 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 115 115 34 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5197 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1203 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1209 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1209 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 193274183713 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	85.8% Excellent	Read 162 Write 137 Mixed 16 76% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.12 78% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 103%
Seagate ST3250820AS 250GB-$60 16,391 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 143GB free Firmware: 3.AAD Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 91 92281222 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3152 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 365176564 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9474 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1937 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 57 45 723189803 (C2) HDA temperature 43 55 47244640299 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 82 52 193172713 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	31.1% Below average	Read 49.8 Write 58.4 Mixed 57.6 42% 55.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 0.95 4K Mixed 0.29 70% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 31.1% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 32GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	72.9% Very good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 23.7 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 19.5 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 18.8 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 55.1 73% 55.1 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 73%

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Typical Z68MA-G45 (B3) (MS-7676) Builds (Compare 23 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 34%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI Z68MA-G45 (B3) (MS-7676)

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	12x
Core i5-2400Intel $250Bench 61%, 166,255 samples	2x
Core i7-2600Intel $194Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	2x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	5x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	5x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	3x

SSD
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	5x
Ultimate SU800 256GBAdata $54Bench 91%, 40,725 samples	4x
MX100 512GBCrucial $200Bench 88%, 31,545 samples	2x

RAM
9905403-442.A00LF KHX1600C10D3/4G 9905403-442.A00LF KHX1600C10D3/4G 16GBKingstonBench 46%, 30 samples	2x
CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 8GBCorsairBench 48%, 1,087 samples	2x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	1x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $488

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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