MSI Z68A-GD65 (MS-7681)

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 75.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	19.6% 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	66% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7681
Motherboard	MSI Z68A-GD65 (MS-7681) (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130111
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 26 '18 at 16:19
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Memory 84.2 1-Core 97.5 2-Core 196 72% 126 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 391 52% 390 Pts	64-Core 393 24% 393 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 260X-$120 38,521 User benchmarks, average bench 20% MSI(1462 293A) 1GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 17.12.2 Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	19.6% Very poor	Lighting 22.8 Reflection 29.1 Parallax 27.3 19% 26.4 fps	MRender 26.4 Gravity 19.8 Splatting 31.2 22% 25.8 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 19.6% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 134GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 20293 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3820 (B1) Unknown 96 96 116 (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 74 60 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 256 (F1) Unknown 99 99 19511834894	66% Good	Read 501 Write 374 Mixed 432 97% 436 MB/s	4K Read 16.8 4K Write 37.6 4K Mixed 19.2 70% 24.5 MB/s	DQ Read 20 DQ Write 50.6 DQ Mixed 12 16% 27.5 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda Pro 6TB (2016)-$149 321 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 4TB free Firmware: DN04 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 65 134888869 (03) Spinup time 85 84 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 108 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 4811627 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 93 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 42 (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 71 65 521601053 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 193 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 16 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 298 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 94489280541 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 134888869 (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 96834332655640 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2992857898 (F2) Unknown 100 253 376601260
Poor: 23% Great: 118%
Seagate Desktop HDD 6TB (2014)-$220 1,278 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC48 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 57262037 (03) Spinup time 87 87 0 (04) Start/Stop count 53 53 48432 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 129100964 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 12252 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1654 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 8590065666 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 59 538378269 (BF) G-sense error rate 94 94 12052 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 43 43 114588 (C2) HDA temperature 29 41 81604378653 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 62 46 57262037 (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 -27234387620600 (F1) Unknown 100 253 38218969185 (F2) Unknown 100 253 7031970442864	88.2% Excellent	Read 196 Write 111 Mixed 116 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1.08 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.28 113% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 118%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1333EL Series Kingston 99U5403-043.A00LF 8502 1333EL Series Kingston 99U5403-043.A00LF 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1067, 1067, 1067, 1067 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	43.3% Average	MC Read 14.7 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 13.4 41% 14.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 13.9 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 73.1 55% 73.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 43%

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Gaming 38%

Jet ski

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 31%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI Z68A-GD65 (MS-7681)

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	24x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	19x
Core i7-2600Intel $197Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	2x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	6x
HD 3000 (Desktop V2 1.35 GHz)Intel $15Bench 2%, 6,831 samples	5x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	5x

SSD
SSD Plus 240GBSanDisk $25Bench 61%, 133,640 samples	6x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	5x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	3x

RAM
CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 16GBCorsairBench 50%, 118 samples	5x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	4x
RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 60%, 5,448 samples	2x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $544

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 $46

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