MSI P67A-GD65 (MS-7681)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 19% 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 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 76.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	30.8% 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	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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120307
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 16 '18 at 21:18
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	76.7% Very good	Memory 93.3 1-Core 94.9 2-Core 185 74% 124 Pts	4-Core 349 8-Core 349 47% 349 Pts	64-Core 358 22% 358 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% MSI(1462 2847) 2GB CLim: 1361 MHz, MLim: 1632 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	30.8% Below average	Lighting 35.9 Reflection 32.5 Parallax 47.2 29% 38.5 fps	MRender 45.8 Gravity 43.4 Splatting 36.9 34% 42 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$20 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 381GB free (System drive) Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 40 45 46 47 46 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	43.4% Average	Read 107 Write 103 Mixed 66.7 SusWrite 43.6 59% 80.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 160% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 69%
Maxtor STM3500630AS 500GB-$80 1,461 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 68GB free Firmware: 3.AAE SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 42 46 46 47 47 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	23.8% Poor	Read 38 Write 20.7 Mixed 28.9 SusWrite 44.8 24% 33.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 121% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 23.8% Great: 43%
Seagate Backup+ RD 1TB 255 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 669GB free Firmware: 0836 SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 29 29 28 28 28 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	17.1% Very poor	Read 31.1 Write 27.7 Mixed 24.5 SusWrite 27.9 21% 27.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 17.1% Great: 56%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMX8GX3M2A1333C9 CMX8GX3M2A1333C9 8GB 277 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	53.4% Above average	MC Read 18.7 MC Write 19 MC Mixed 16.9 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 16.8 SC Mixed 16.6 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 53%

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

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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