MSI P67A-GD65 (MS-7681)

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	116% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	93.4% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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-7681
Motherboard	MSI P67A-GD65 (MS-7681) (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110302
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 07 '18 at 07:41
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 (100^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 95.7 1-Core 90.8 2-Core 221 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 432 58% 434 Pts	64-Core 432 27% 432 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 1471) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2800 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	116% Outstanding	Lighting 147 Reflection 200 Parallax 212 120% 186 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 191 Splatting 130 121% 150 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 143GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 338 384 320 237 191 136 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 473 Mixed 383 SusWrite 268 91% 404 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 69.7 4K Mixed 45.9 152% 50.9 MB/s	DQ Read 253 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 199 156% 215 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 126%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 236GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 76 76 76 78 78 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	45.4% Average	Read 80.8 Write 77.5 Mixed 56.5 SusWrite 76.8 54% 72.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 177% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 69%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 182GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 122 127 122 124 121 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	68.1% Good	Read 113 Write 114 Mixed 110 SusWrite 124 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 218% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$51 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 509GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 164 162 165 166 163 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Read 139 Write 105 Mixed 72 SusWrite 162 88% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 468 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	61.5% Good	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 19.7 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 19.7 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 54.8 73% 54.8 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 61%

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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 $197Bench 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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	22x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	17x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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: 56% - Above average

Total price: $555

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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