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

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	56.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	67.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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.

System	MSI MS-7681
Motherboard	MSI Z68A-GD65 (G3) (MS-7681) (all builds)
Memory	27.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130111
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '17 at 21:08
Run Duration	347 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2700K-$89 20,692 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.7 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Memory 94.2 1-Core 124 2-Core 248 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 616 69% 542 Pts	64-Core 634 39% 634 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Sapphire(174B E285) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	56.1% Above average	Lighting 69.9 Reflection 60.5 Parallax 87.6 57% 72.7 fps	MRender 59.7 Gravity 58.8 Splatting 76.1 54% 64.9 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 100 593 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 853 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 51 (A9) Unknown 100 100 32 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 34 (AE) Unknown 100 100 185 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 100 206158430247 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 6878 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3351 (F2) Unknown 253 253 3331	67.2% Good	Read 414 Write 350 Mixed 201 71% 322 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 95.6 4K Mixed 2.54 96% 41.9 MB/s	DQ Read 27.3 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 4.74 24% 51.8 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 86%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2.5TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 69 (03) Spinup time 131 131 34388443574 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 70 (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 100 100 144 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 24 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 70 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 70 (C2) HDA temperature 222 222 163210199067 (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	83.2% Excellent	Read 152 Write 138 Mixed 18.3 74% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1.07 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.22 106% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 108%
Seagate ST3360320AS 360GB-$79 6,615 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 335GB free Firmware: 3.CHN Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 7122 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 90 60 984062361 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 18330 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5983 (B8) Unknown 100 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 52 488439837 (C2) HDA temperature 29 48 4294967325 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 63 52 124825826 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	43.9% Average	Read 76.6 Write 76.2 Mixed 25.3 43% 59.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.3 94% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 44%
Samsung HD502HI 500GB-$154 24,344 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 243GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 99 149 (03) Spinup time 93 93 3120 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 5845 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 1 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14174 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3419 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 99 149 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 218 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 64 386924567 (C2) HDA temperature 72 62 470810652 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 205429 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	47.7% Average	Read 76.5 Write 89.5 Mixed 28.3 47% 64.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.36 85% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 59%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$30 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 210GB free Firmware: ST6OA3AA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 129 129 125 (03) Spinup time 121 121 38685704668 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3544 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 123 123 34 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 18792 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1545 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3564 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3564 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 253403987997 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	44.8% Average	Read 85.4 Write 70.6 Mixed 31.9 46% 62.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.28 92% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 61%
Samsung HD502HI 500GB-$154 24,344 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 178GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 93 93 3040 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 5750 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 15267 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3426 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 61 487587867 (C2) HDA temperature 73 60 537919515 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 31837278 (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 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0	38.5% Below average	Read 59.3 Write 74.6 Mixed 26.6 39% 53.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.32 83% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 59%
Samsung HD250HJ 250GB 11,393 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 137GB free Firmware: FH100-06 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 98 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 4416 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8125 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 14505 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3783 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 432166 (B8) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 196608 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (BE) vendor-specific 154 109 721616924 (C2) HDA temperature 163 106 738459673 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 432166 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 12	54% Above average	Read 92.2 Write 95.8 Mixed 65.1 63% 84.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.42 103% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 56%
Samsung Flash Drive 16GB 880 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 9GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	30.3% Below average	Read 144 Write 18.7 Mixed 38.4 62% 67 MB/s	4K Read 7.72 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 1.3 113% 3.4 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 30.3% Great: 29%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 4x8GB 8,984 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 20.3 MC Mixed 18.3 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 19.3 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 59.2 68% 59.2 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 63%

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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 $90Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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) $29	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