MSI Z68A-GD65 (G3) (MS-7681)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	45.6% 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

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7681
Motherboard	MSI Z68A-GD65 (G3) (MS-7681) (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120221
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jun 23 '17 at 20:29
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (47^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 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Memory 94.2 1-Core 103 2-Core 206 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 499 57% 446 Pts	64-Core 523 32% 523 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 460-$203 31,648 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Asus(1043 835D) 1GB CLim: 675 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 376.54 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 11% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 240GB-$199 10,165 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.22 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -44719199454028 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1678 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 274 (B1) Unknown 0 0 6 (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 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 20102 (EA) Unknown 0 0 15651 (F1) Unknown 0 0 15651 (F2) Unknown 0 0 13718	45.6% Average	Read 195 Write 163 Mixed 140 37% 166 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 79 4K Mixed 11.2 88% 37 MB/s	DQ Read 20.5 DQ Write 97.5 DQ Mixed 9.85 22% 42.6 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 66%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 336GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 190699920 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1768 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 49525564 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9752 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 596 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 17180131333 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 52 420937753 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 24153 (C2) HDA temperature 25 48 42949672985 (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 65210488463672 (F1) Unknown 100 253 18388911654 (F2) Unknown 100 253 430510269380	50.7% Above average	Read 84.1 Write 91.2 Mixed 106 71% 93.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 5.27 4K Mixed 0.54 183% 2.14 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-17000CL11-4GBXL F3-17000CL11-4GBXL F3-17000CL11-4GBXL F3-17000CL11-4GBXL 16GB 97 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	55% Above average	MC Read 18.9 MC Write 19 MC Mixed 17.1 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 18.5 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 59.4 67% 59.4 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 76%

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Gaming 38%

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Desktop 78%

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Workstation 31%

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Motherboard: MSI Z68A-GD65 (G3) (MS-7681)

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	63x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	41x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	16x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	21x
HD 3000 (Desktop V1 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 8,807 samples	11x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	10x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	11x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	5x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	5x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	10x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	10x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 50%, 23,732 samples	5x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $599

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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