MSI P67A-GD65 (MS-7681)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.96% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

System	MSI MS-7681
Motherboard	MSI P67A-GD65 (MS-7681) (all builds)
Memory	8 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130109
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 12 '18 at 11:40
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (46^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 4.2 GHz, turbo 5.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Memory 86.7 1-Core 111 2-Core 221 79% 140 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 436 59% 438 Pts	64-Core 434 27% 434 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 79%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% EVGA(3842 3739) ≥ 4GB CLim: 901 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	7.22% Terrible	Lighting 9.1 Reflection 7.88 Parallax 9.28 7% 8.76 fps	MRender 11.1 Gravity 7.37 Splatting 7.26 7% 8.57 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.22% Great: 7%
Nvidia GeForce GT 740 30,433 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Zotac(19DA 5269) 2GB CLim: 993 MHz, MLim: 445 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	7.96% Terrible	Lighting 9.23 Reflection 8.5 Parallax 9.75 8% 9.16 fps	MRender 8.95 Gravity 11.1 Splatting 11.7 9% 10.6 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.96% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST31000520AS 1TB-$250 11,608 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 38 33 37 46 49 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	26% Poor	Read 51 Write 52.2 Mixed 39 SusWrite 39.4 34% 45.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 141% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 26% Great: 62%
Seagate ST9750423AS 750GB-$74 3,332 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 275GB free Firmware: 0001SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 72 72 73 73 72 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	32.4% Below average	Read 41 Write 30.5 Mixed 22.5 SusWrite 71.9 30% 41.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.3 57% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 51%
WD My Book 1140 3TB 6,710 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 5GB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 25 25 26 26 25 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	17.2% Very poor	Read 31 Write 24 Mixed 24 SusWrite 25.4 35% 26.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 108% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 17.2% Great: 59%
WD My Book 1230 2TB 4,878 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 23GB free, PID 1230 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 28 28 28 28 28 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	14.6% Very poor	Read 32.3 Write 27 Mixed 24.8 SusWrite 27.7 37% 28 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 63% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 14.6% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY8GX3M2A2133C11 8502 1600EL Series 029E CMY8GX3M2A2133C11 8502 1600EL Series 12GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1067, 1067, 1067, 1067 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	42.5% Average	MC Read 14.3 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 13.2 40% 14.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 15.2 SC Mixed 12.8 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 70.7 57% 70.7 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 42%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical P67A-GD65 (MS-7681) Builds (Compare 473 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 36%

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Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: MSI P67A-GD65 (MS-7681)

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	155x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	153x
Core i7-2600Intel $187Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	50x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	44x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	41x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	40x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	22x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	17x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	15x

RAM
CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 8GBCorsairBench 48%, 1,087 samples	15x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	7x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 22,320 samples	6x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $541

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16