MSI Z68A-G43 (G3) (MS-7750)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (24th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 76 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	69.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7750
Motherboard	MSI Z68A-G43 (G3) (MS-7750) (all builds)
Memory	23.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130109
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 27 '20 at 13:57
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600-$197 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	Memory 86.3 1-Core 101 2-Core 190 73% 126 Pts	4-Core 314 8-Core 437 47% 375 Pts	64-Core 468 29% 468 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 550-$79 79,894 User benchmarks, average bench 14% XFX(1682 9550) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.3.1 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 12% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 9,880 User benchmarks, average bench 307% 602GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 3.8 119 92 71 87 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	69.3% Good	Read 1,027 Write 564 Mixed 250 SusWrite 77.9 105% 480 MB/s	4K Read 17.7 4K Write 35.5 4K Mixed 11.4 60% 21.5 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 87.8 DQ Mixed 3.2 36% 86.2 MB/s
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 541%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 9,880 User benchmarks, average bench 307% 2TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 398 413 372 335 337 338 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	69.6% Good	Read 543 Write 374 Mixed 226 SusWrite 366 84% 377 MB/s	4K Read 17.2 4K Write 36.5 4K Mixed 12.3 61% 22 MB/s	DQ Read 151 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 46 69% 128 MB/s
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 541%
Seagate FreeAgent Go 500GB 2,192 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 449GB free, PID 2100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 29 29 29 29 29 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	11.8% Very poor	Read 25 Write 27.8 Mixed 19.7 SusWrite 28.7 35% 25.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.6 43% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 11.8% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown S939A2UGS-ITR 4x8GB 349 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.4% Average	MC Read 15.5 MC Write 15.9 MC Mixed 14.2 43% 15.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 14.8 SC Mixed 15.3 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 71 56% 71 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 61%

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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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Gaming 54%

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Desktop 74%

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Workstation 42%

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Motherboard: MSI Z68A-G43 (G3) (MS-7750)

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	41x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	16x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	11x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	13x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	8x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	8x

SSD
PLUS 120GBSandiskBench 43%, 16,974 samples	8x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	6x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	6x

RAM
9905471-074.A00LF 99U5471-054.A00LF 16GBKingstonBench 55%, 75 samples	6x
Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 52%, 16,472 samples	4x
KHX1600C9D3/4GX 8502 PSD34G13332 8GBKingstonBench 51%, 13 samples	4x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $379

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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