MSI Z68A-GD55 (MS-7681)

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	18.5% 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	54.8% 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 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7681
Motherboard	MSI Z68A-GD55 (MS-7681) (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110801
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 10 '17 at 23:50
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 3.3 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 111 2-Core 222 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 408 53% 400 Pts	64-Core 412 26% 412 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 560 Ti-$188 42,397 User benchmarks, average bench 16% MSI(1462 2384) 2GB Ram: 2GB, Driver: 311.6 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	18.5% Very poor	Lighting 21.6 Reflection 25.3 Parallax 19.2 18% 22 fps	MRender 28.3 Gravity 22.7 Splatting 23.6 20% 24.9 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 18.5% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 80 80 101747349 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 -115405771222790 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 113 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 15 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 101747349 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 101747349 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 101747349 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 10732 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4679 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4679 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8245	54.8% Above average	Read 485 Write 116 Mixed 162 55% 255 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 71.9 4K Mixed 8.88 81% 33.9 MB/s	DQ Read 156 DQ Write 81.1 DQ Mixed 41.6 51% 92.8 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 53540224 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 697 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6820857 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11988 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 77 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 45 689176613 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 17 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 69 69 63467 (C2) HDA temperature 37 55 51539607589 (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 14237816590197 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2442880605 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2756704381	101% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 167 Mixed 125 119% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.27 81% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 16GB 183 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	62.2% Good	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 19.9 60% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 20.3 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 54.1 74% 54.1 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 62%

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Typical Z68A-GD55 (MS-7681) Builds (Compare 22 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 25%

Raft

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 20%

Surfboard

Motherboard: MSI Z68A-GD55 (MS-7681)

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	12x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	7x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	2x

GPU
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	3x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	3x
HD 3000 (Desktop V2 1.35 GHz)Intel $15Bench 2%, 6,831 samples	2x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	3x
CT1000BX500SSD1 1TBBench 70%, 46,239 samples	2x
A400 120GBKingston $30Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	2x

RAM
CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 16GBCorsairBench 49%, 430 samples	3x
XMS3 DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 50%, 11,344 samples	2x
CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 8GBCorsairBench 48%, 1,087 samples	2x

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Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $473

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $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