MSI Z68A-GD80 (MS-7672)

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	49.2% 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.

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System	MSI MS-7672
Motherboard	MSI Z68A-GD80 (MS-7672) (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120111
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Nov 29 '20 at 19:50
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.45 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 94.3 1-Core 126 2-Core 247 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 635 65% 526 Pts	64-Core 635 39% 635 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2102 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.5% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 112 Parallax 104 83% 106 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 101 Splatting 99 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU635 240GB-$20 12,702 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 95GB free (System drive) Firmware: S1120A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 43 11 14 16 67 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	49.2% Average	Read 366 Write 150 Mixed 208 SusWrite 43.9 42% 192 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 51.2 4K Mixed 22.5 91% 32.3 MB/s	DQ Read 77.8 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 35.8 43% 73.9 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 97%
Toshiba THNSNC512GBSJ 512GB 151 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 185GB free Firmware: CJGA0202 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 175 185 184 185 184 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	49.9% Average	Read 218 Write 153 Mixed 93.5 SusWrite 176 36% 160 MB/s	4K Read 18.6 4K Write 64.3 4K Mixed 24.1 93% 35.7 MB/s	DQ Read 21.1 DQ Write 63.6 DQ Mixed 32.2 28% 39 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 49%
Seagate ST1000VM002-1CT162 1TB 39,407 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 363GB free Firmware: SC11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 131 133 133 133 133 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	78.2% Very good	Read 143 Write 144 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 130 87% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 124% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 98%
WD easystore 25FA 4TB 7,384 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 3.5TB free, PID 25fa Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 107 106 106 107 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Read 119 Write 106 Mixed 74.8 SusWrite 106 135% 102 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 7.5 4K Mixed 0.9 290% 3.23 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16JTF51264AZ-1G4H1 CL9-9-9 DDR3-1333 8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 CL9-9-9 DDR3-1333 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	51.3% Above average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 17.6 MC Mixed 15.6 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 16.3 50% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 59.1 68% 59.1 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 52%

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Typical Z68A-GD80 (MS-7672) Builds (Compare 17 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 24%

Surfboard

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 20%

Surfboard

Motherboard: MSI Z68A-GD80 (MS-7672)

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	6x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	4x
Core i7-2600Intel $201Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	4x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	3x
HD 3000 (Desktop V2 1.35 GHz)Intel $15Bench 2%, 6,831 samples	2x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	2x

SSD
SSD320 256GBTranscend $419Bench 75%, 137 samples	2x
Force GS 180GBCorsair $134Bench 73%, 623 samples	2x
320 Series 120GBIntel $89Bench 40%, 9,651 samples	1x

RAM
CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 8GBCorsairBench 48%, 1,087 samples	3x
CMX8GX3M2A1333C9 VS2GB1333D3 CMX8GX3M2A1333C9 VS2GB1333D3 12GBCorsairBench 45%, 3 samples	2x
CMT16GX3M4X2133C9 CMT16GX3M4X2133C9 CMT16GX3M4X2133C9 CMT16GX3M4X2133C9 16GBCorsairBench 52%, 15 samples	2x

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Value: 38% - Below average

Total price: $797

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16