MSI Z68A-G45 (B3) (MS-7750)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 47%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 37%
Jet ski
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics62.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMSI MS-7750
MotherboardMSI Z68A-G45 (B3) (MS-7750)  (all builds)
Memory12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20120110
Uptime6.1 Days
Run DateMar 15 '20 at 21:57
Run Duration138 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU4%
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 PC Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (85th percentile)
77.5% Very good
Memory 91.8
1-Core 95
2-Core 182
73% 123 Pts
4-Core 348
8-Core 465
52% 406 Pts
64-Core 447
28% 447 Pts
Poor: 56%
This bench: 77.5%
Great: 83%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117
CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 442.19
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
62.1% Good
Lighting 77.9
Reflection 76.3
Parallax 74.3
64% 76.2 fps
MRender 71.9
Gravity 72.4
Splatting 73.3
60% 72.5 fps
Poor: 51%
This bench: 62.1%
Great: 60%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel Raid 1 Volume 1TB
112GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 67 73 75 67 69 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
26.2% Poor
Read 21
Write 72.2
Mixed 33.3
SusWrite 69.8
36% 49.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.9
159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 24%
This bench: 26.2%
Great: 108%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB
29GB free, PID null
SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 18 16 15 15 15 MB/s
Performing below expectations (34th percentile)
18.1% Very poor
Read 29.2
Write 17.2
Mixed 22
SusWrite 16.2
27% 21.2 MB/s
4K Read 4.9
4K Write 3
4K Mixed 3.1
226% 3.67 MB/s
Poor: 10%
This bench: 18.1%
Great: 40%
1GB free, PID 6387
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.5 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.6 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
6.21% Terrible
Read 23.2
Write 5.3
Mixed 7.8
SusWrite 5.6
11% 10.5 MB/s
4K Read 5.6
4K Write 0.1
4K Mixed 0.2
31% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 2%
This bench: 6.21%
Great: 7%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 16GB
1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz
4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB
Performing as expected (59th percentile)
48.6% Average
MC Read 16.7
MC Write 16.8
MC Mixed 15
46% 16.2 GB/s
SC Read 13.6
SC Write 16.7
SC Mixed 17.1
45% 15.8 GB/s
Latency 64.4
62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 32%
This bench: 48.6%
Great: 59%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z68A-G45 (B3) (MS-7750) Builds (Compare 19 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 23%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 18%
Surfboard

Motherboard: MSI Z68A-G45 (B3) (MS-7750)

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 74% - Very good Total price: $330
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