MSI Z68MA-ED55 (MS-7676)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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

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

System	MSI MS-7676
Motherboard	MSI Z68MA-ED55 (MS-7676) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110714
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 04 '17 at 03:40
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	Memory 91.3 1-Core 111 2-Core 218 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 316 8-Core 388 45% 352 Pts	64-Core 432 27% 432 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371A) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60.3% Good	Lighting 74.8 Reflection 77.1 Parallax 65.2 61% 72.4 fps	MRender 72.5 Gravity 69.5 Splatting 73.6 59% 71.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 619GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 59951112 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1209 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 110848852 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4040 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1197 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032835 (BD) vendor-specific 93 93 7 (BE) vendor-specific 74 58 437846042 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 164 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 10727 (C2) HDA temperature 26 42 60129542170 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 4890 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -3195455664190 (F1) Unknown 100 253 27830529582 (F2) Unknown 100 253 181140101715	84.9% Excellent	Read 167 Write 129 Mixed 60.7 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.14 84% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 112%
Seagate ST1000VM002-1CT162 1TB 39,407 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 275GB free Firmware: SC23 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 155637392 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4293 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 37283678 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3778 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2284 (B8) Unknown 99 99 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032840 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 75 50 421068825 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1141 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4443 (C2) HDA temperature 25 50 47244640281 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 170 281	71.2% Very good	Read 126 Write 123 Mixed 25.9 66% 91.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.13 56% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-10666CL9-4GBRL F3-10666CL9-4GBRL F3-10666CL9-4GBRL F3-10666CL9-4GBRL 16GB 160 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	52% Above average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 16.3 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 17.1 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 52%

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

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 $197Bench 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 $80Bench 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: $385

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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