MSI Z68MA-ED55 (MS-7676)

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 75.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	91.4% 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	92.8% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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-7676
Motherboard	MSI Z68MA-ED55 (MS-7676) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120111
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Aug 02 '18 at 20:23
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (60^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 way above expectations (87^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	Memory 86.2 1-Core 80.8 2-Core 200 70% 123 Pts	4-Core 375 8-Core 364 50% 369 Pts	64-Core 380 24% 380 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 121 Parallax 116 95% 118 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 105 Splatting 103 84% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 500GB-$49 13,478 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 269GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 258 396 392 425 243 423 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Read 463 Write 352 Mixed 340 SusWrite 356 85% 378 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 74.5 4K Mixed 37.7 130% 46.7 MB/s	DQ Read 267 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 208 174% 251 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 108%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB-$60 30,974 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 55GB free Firmware: 1AA01112 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 79 79 79 79 79 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	46.7% Average	Read 82.8 Write 60.3 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 79.2 51% 69.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 60%
Hitachi HDS728080PLAT20 82GB-$65 775 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 13GB free Firmware: PF2OA21B SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.9 3.6 4 4 4 3.9 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	2.34% Terrible	Read 3.8 Write 3.8 Mixed 3.8 SusWrite 3.9 3% 3.82 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.3 70% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 2.34% Great: 31%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 397GB free Firmware: CC3C SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 84 87 86 85 88 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	48.7% Average	Read 83.8 Write 87.3 Mixed 56.3 SusWrite 86 58% 78.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.7 122% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 75%
WD WD740ADFD-00NLR1 74GB 1,081 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 40GB free Firmware: 20.07P20 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 81 82 83 81 82 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	46.6% Average	Read 80.5 Write 80.8 Mixed 43.5 SusWrite 81.6 52% 71.6 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 190% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	45.8% Average	MC Read 15.7 MC Write 16.1 MC Mixed 14.8 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 12.1 40% 13.8 GB/s	Latency 71.1 56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 104%

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Typical Z68MA-ED55 (MS-7676) Builds (Compare 39 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 23%

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Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: MSI Z68MA-ED55 (MS-7676)

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	9x
Core i7-2600Intel $194Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	7x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	6x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	7x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	6x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	4x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	3x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	3x
Agility 3 120GBOCZ $102Bench 49%, 38,562 samples	2x

RAM
CMX8GX3M2B1600C9 830B M2F4G64CB88D7N-DI 029E CMX8GX3M2B1600C9 830B M2F4G64CB88D7N-DI 16GBUnknownBench 46%, 7 samples	3x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 31%, 37,489 samples	2x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 22,320 samples	2x

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Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $385

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 $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