MSI Z68MA-ED55 (MS-7676)

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 79%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	39.1% 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	48.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7676
Motherboard	MSI Z68MA-ED55 (MS-7676) (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '17 at 06:10
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (57^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-$187 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79% Very good	Memory 93.4 1-Core 105 2-Core 201 78% 133 Pts	4-Core 349 8-Core 524 54% 436 Pts	64-Core 525 32% 525 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 2966) CLim: 1569 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	39.1% Below average	Lighting 51.5 Reflection 47.8 Parallax 42.1 42% 47.1 fps	MRender 40.2 Gravity 44 Splatting 38.9 33% 41 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 108GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 833 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 246 (A5) Unknown 100 100 266308354335 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 7 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 98 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 52 35 279172874288 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 408025432159 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 917 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2693 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1562 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1978 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	48.9% Average	Read 364 Write 215 Mixed 126 52% 235 MB/s	4K Read 18.7 4K Write 67.8 4K Mixed 3.42 68% 29.9 MB/s	DQ Read 9.12 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 0.04 16% 36.7 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 86%
Crucial M500 120GB-$75 15,430 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 66GB free Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (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 7603 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1222 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 95 95 165 (AE) Unknown 100 100 146 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1990 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 52 206158430243 (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 95 95 5 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 11149510078 (F7) Unknown 100 100 202384852 (F8) Unknown 100 100 949477528	46% Average	Read 273 Write 138 Mixed 181 44% 197 MB/s	4K Read 15.4 4K Write 80.1 4K Mixed 12.2 81% 35.9 MB/s	DQ Read 18.9 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 11.6 26% 49.1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 77%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$59 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 70 (03) Spinup time 160 160 25785204976 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 469 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 724 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 185 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 469 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 469 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 188979609635 (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 200 200 0	99.7% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 167 Mixed 127 118% 158 MB/s	4K Read 1.11 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.19 107% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 108%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 278GB free Firmware: MS2OA7L0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 69 (03) Spinup time 127 127 12896764084 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4240 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 115 115 34 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 8081 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1450 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4240 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4240 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 240519217186 (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 200 200 0	60.8% Good	Read 141 Write 71.2 Mixed 104 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.17 65% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBXL F3-12800CL9-4GBXL F3-12800CL9-4GBXL F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 16GB 517 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	56.9% Above average	MC Read 19.7 MC Write 19.9 MC Mixed 17.7 55% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 19.9 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 61%

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Gaming 23%

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Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: MSI Z68MA-ED55 (MS-7676)

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	9x
Core i7-2600Intel $187Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	7x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	6x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	7x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	6x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	4x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	3x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	3x
Agility 3 120GBOCZ $102Bench 49%, 38,562 samples	2x

RAM
CMX8GX3M2B1600C9 830B M2F4G64CB88D7N-DI 029E CMX8GX3M2B1600C9 830B M2F4G64CB88D7N-DI 16GBUnknownBench 46%, 7 samples	3x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 31%, 37,489 samples	2x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 22,320 samples	2x

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Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $384

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16