MSI P67A-GD55 (MS-7681)

Performance Results


Gaming 123% UFO	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	155% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	46% 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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

System	MSI MS-7681
Motherboard	MSI P67A-GD55 (MS-7681) (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110302
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '22 at 05:12
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^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 way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 94.1 1-Core 107 2-Core 216 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 390 53% 394 Pts	64-Core 378 23% 378 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% MSI(1462 3909) CLim: 2250 MHz, MLim: 3950 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.59 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	155% Outstanding	Lighting 226 Reflection 214 Parallax 207 184% 216 fps	MRender 218 Gravity 161 Splatting 143 139% 174 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 155% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 330 Series 120GB-$188 11,188 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: 300i SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 77 84 88 81 86 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	46% Average	Read 316 Write 129 Mixed 165 SusWrite 82.5 38% 173 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 35.9 4K Mixed 20 86% 27.8 MB/s	DQ Read 28.6 DQ Write 76.1 DQ Mixed 26.6 28% 43.8 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 80%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 18GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 72 81 87 79 84 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	51.2% Above average	Read 98.7 Write 97.4 Mixed 53.2 SusWrite 79.6 60% 82.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 169% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 70%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 111 105 111 119 126 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	68.8% Good	Read 126 Write 115 Mixed 75.3 SusWrite 113 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 468 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	57.2% Above average	MC Read 19 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 18 55% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 18.5 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 59.5 67% 59.5 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 61%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 40%

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Desktop 74%

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Workstation 31%

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Motherboard: MSI P67A-GD55 (MS-7681)

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	137x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	56x
Core i7-2600Intel $195Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	27x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	32x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	21x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	18x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	11x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	10x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	8x

RAM
CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 8GBCorsairBench 49%, 308 samples	9x
CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 16GBCorsairBench 50%, 118 samples	5x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 54%, 12,350 samples	5x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $391

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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