MSI Z68A-GD65 (G3) (MS-7681)

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Raft	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	24.3% 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	89.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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.

System	MSI MS-7681
Motherboard	MSI Z68A-GD65 (G3) (MS-7681) (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130111
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '18 at 04:22
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570K-$136 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Memory 94.7 1-Core 105 2-Core 213 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 345 8-Core 421 49% 383 Pts	64-Core 418 26% 418 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 370-$153 39,178 User benchmarks, average bench 21% Sapphire(174B 2015) CLim: 985 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.2.3 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	24.3% Poor	Lighting 29.4 Reflection 31.6 Parallax 35.1 24% 32 fps	MRender 28.2 Gravity 23.7 Splatting 37.2 25% 29.7 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 24.3% Great: 23%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4133 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1520 (B1) Unknown 98 98 27 (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 65 59 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 27 (F1) Unknown 99 99 10900651984	89.4% Excellent	Read 508 Write 414 Mixed 422 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 64 4K Mixed 37.9 117% 41.5 MB/s	DQ Read 198 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 66.1 73% 125 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 124%
Intel SSDSC2BW120A 120GB 94 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 64GB free Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -15144053787373 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1835 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 896 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 4861520 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 896 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 286120 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 11 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 286120 (F2) Unknown 100 100 35426 (F9) Unknown 100 100 2633	59.8% Above average	Read 511 Write 182 Mixed 264 70% 319 MB/s	4K Read 18.9 4K Write 38.8 4K Mixed 14.8 68% 24.2 MB/s	DQ Read 230 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 62.7 78% 140 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 83%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 803GB free Firmware: MX4O Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 69 (03) Spinup time 126 126 25789464876 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1037 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2728 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1037 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1040 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1040 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 163209871393 (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	84.3% Excellent	Read 157 Write 137 Mixed 138 108% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1.08 4K Write 2.22 4K Mixed 0.24 113% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 18,444 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 26.1 MC Mixed 23.9 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 19.9 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 58 69% 58 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 71%

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Gaming 38%

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Desktop 78%

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Workstation 31%

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Motherboard: MSI Z68A-GD65 (G3) (MS-7681)

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	63x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	41x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	16x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	21x
HD 3000 (Desktop V1 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 8,807 samples	11x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	10x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	11x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	5x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	5x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	10x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	10x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 50%, 23,732 samples	5x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $599

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