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

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	70.4% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7681
Motherboard	MSI Z68A-GD55 (G3) (MS-7681) (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	Цвета: 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130705
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 24 '20 at 03:11
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	UKR-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770K-$175 165,979 User benchmarks, average bench 72% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 86.2 1-Core 102 2-Core 232 78% 140 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 613 65% 520 Pts	64-Core 611 38% 611 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 83%

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: 2151 MHz, MLim: 2275 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	Lighting 88.6 Reflection 88.2 Parallax 85.6 72% 87.4 fps	MRender 84.1 Gravity 81 Splatting 80.1 67% 81.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 188GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC4H SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 91 105 116 24 8 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	52.1% Above average	Read 107 Write 110 Mixed 75.7 SusWrite 74.8 68% 91.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 114% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 112%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 86GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 55 56 56 53 49 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	32.8% Below average	Read 60 Write 69.5 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 53.8 44% 59.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 167% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 62%
Samsung HD502IJ 500GB-$40 25,285 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 107GB free Firmware: 1AA01117 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 61 62 61 59 60 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	35.2% Below average	Read 61.2 Write 63 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 60.7 43% 57.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 185% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 35.2% 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 @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 19.8 MC Mixed 17.3 55% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 19.7 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 71.1 56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 62%

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

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Typical Z68A-GD55 (G3) (MS-7681) Builds (Compare 73 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 39%

Jet ski

Desktop 80%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

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

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	24x
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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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