MSI Z68A-GD55 (G3) (MS-7681)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	68.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	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

System	MSI MS-7681
Motherboard	MSI Z68A-GD55 (G3) (MS-7681) (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	Цвета: 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130705
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 01 '19 at 17:05
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	UKR-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 125 2-Core 252 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 496 64% 485 Pts	64-Core 492 30% 492 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2202 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.8 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	68.1% Good	Lighting 85.6 Reflection 84.1 Parallax 72.6 70% 80.8 fps	MRender 79.5 Gravity 78 Splatting 79.4 65% 79 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 245GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC4H SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 114 108 86 116 116 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Read 111 Write 119 Mixed 82 SusWrite 109 78% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 124% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 112%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 32GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 50 50 48 47 48 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	29.5% Poor	Read 53.2 Write 67.8 Mixed 46 SusWrite 49.1 40% 54 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 180% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 29.5% Great: 62%
Samsung HD502IJ 500GB-$40 25,285 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 81GB free Firmware: 1AA01117 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 82 83 85 82 83 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	44.6% Average	Read 71 Write 82.5 Mixed 50.8 SusWrite 84 53% 72.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 198% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-400.A00LF 4x4GB 255 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	67.5% Good	MC Read 23.1 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 21.2 66% 23.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 21.9 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 58.5 68% 58.5 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 62%

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Gaming 39%

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 32%

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Motherboard: MSI Z68A-GD55 (G3) (MS-7681)

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	25x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	18x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	10x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	14x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	7x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	7x

SSD
M.2 PCIe SSD 512GBSpccBench 203%, 29,096 samples	6x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	4x
M4 128GBCrucial $116Bench 60%, 34,516 samples	3x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	11x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	6x
1866 CL10 Series 2x8GBUnknownBench 54%, 7,244 samples	3x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $519

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16