MSI Z68A-GD65 (MS-7681)

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	28.2% 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	66.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7681
Motherboard	MSI Z68A-GD65 (MS-7681) (all builds)
Memory	4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130111
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 03 '17 at 17:31
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	GEO-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 4.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Memory 95 1-Core 116 2-Core 232 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 436 58% 436 Pts	64-Core 440 27% 440 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-Ti-$362 42,960 User benchmarks, average bench 26% MSI(1462 2843) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	28.2% Poor	Lighting 34.4 Reflection 32.8 Parallax 41.4 28% 36.2 fps	MRender 40.1 Gravity 40.2 Splatting 27.6 29% 36 fps
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 28.2% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2615 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 583 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 44 (AE) Unknown 100 100 102 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2600 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 54 197569740834 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 7317668246 (F7) Unknown 100 100 228956903 (F8) Unknown 100 100 180292514	66.5% Good	Read 329 Write 342 Mixed 196 64% 289 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 62.9 4K Mixed 18.3 101% 36.8 MB/s	DQ Read 31.7 DQ Write 92.3 DQ Mixed 18.7 27% 47.6 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 113%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 78GB free Firmware: 505ABBF1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2759212 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 15564961493663 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2573 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 297 (B1) Unknown 0 0 11 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 28 68 51544064028 (C2) HDA temperature 28 68 51544064028 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 2759212 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 2759212 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 2759212 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 27370 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8855 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8855 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10238	52.1% Above average	Read 336 Write 142 Mixed 168 47% 215 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 65.9 4K Mixed 14.8 92% 35.3 MB/s	DQ Read 29.4 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 12.9 27% 51.3 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 354GB free Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 0 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13561 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 11373168 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10789 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2584 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 92 92 8 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 59 504758297 (C2) HDA temperature 25 41 47244640281 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 46 31 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 140578574576397 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2689485439 (F2) Unknown 100 253 294711741	61.6% Good	Read 105 Write 110 Mixed 32 60% 82.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.55 113% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 88%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 32GB-$28 4,213 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 22GB free, PID 5580 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Read 191 Write 101 Mixed 76 137% 123 MB/s	4K Read 13.2 4K Write 9.78 4K Mixed 3.72 508% 8.89 MB/s	DQ Read 13.9 DQ Write 9.78 DQ Mixed 3.87 516% 9.19 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 93%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 47,852 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	60.9% Good	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 19.7 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 18.3 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 57 70% 57 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 62%

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Gaming 38%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 31%

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Motherboard: MSI Z68A-GD65 (MS-7681)

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	24x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	19x
Core i7-2600Intel $191Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	2x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	6x
HD 3000 (Desktop V2 1.35 GHz)Intel $15Bench 2%, 6,831 samples	5x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	5x

SSD
SSD Plus 240GBSanDisk $28Bench 61%, 133,640 samples	6x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	5x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	3x

RAM
CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 16GBCorsairBench 50%, 118 samples	5x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	4x
RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 60%, 5,448 samples	2x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $547

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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