MSI P67A-C43 (MS-7673)

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	86.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	74.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 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-7673
Motherboard	MSI P67A-C43 (MS-7673) (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120801
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 26 '17 at 12:07
Run Duration	246 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (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 i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	74.3% Very good	Memory 92.5 1-Core 98.9 2-Core 191 75% 127 Pts	4-Core 304 8-Core 466 48% 385 Pts	64-Core 459 28% 459 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3233) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.0 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 114 Parallax 105 91% 110 fps	MRender 93.3 Gravity 98.3 Splatting 93.2 78% 94.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow SNV Series 128GB 1,098 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 48GB free Firmware: D100309a Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9437 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4024 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 36 100 171800002596 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 12845115 (AD) Unknown 100 100 9642583919949	28.3% Poor	Read 228 Write 170 Mixed 126 38% 174 MB/s	4K Read 8.18 4K Write 15.7 4K Mixed 5.18 27% 9.68 MB/s	DQ Read 10.8 DQ Write 24.6 DQ Mixed 5.59 8% 13.7 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 28.3% Great: 30%
OCZ VERTEX2 60GB 4,861 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 30GB free Firmware: 1.33 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4014445 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -15925738721990 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3582 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 105 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (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 4014445 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1344 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1920 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1920 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4928	37% Below average	Read 192 Write 67.3 Mixed 97.4 26% 119 MB/s	4K Read 18.7 4K Write 52.2 4K Mixed 13.3 73% 28.1 MB/s	DQ Read 105 DQ Write 64.1 DQ Mixed 28.8 36% 66.1 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 51%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0AB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7824 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2313 (B1) Unknown 94 94 72 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 58 40 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 103 (EB) Unknown 99 99 152 (F1) Unknown 99 99 16694947727	74.6% Very good	Read 438 Write 271 Mixed 224 68% 311 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 51.5 4K Mixed 23.1 106% 35.7 MB/s	DQ Read 243 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 58.8 81% 151 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 108%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 860GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 5574 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 65 64 10636 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4217 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11354 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3598 (B5) Unknown 99 99 25218987 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 263 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 54 201864249378 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 22 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 4268	63% Good	Read 99.4 Write 120 Mixed 85.7 76% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 2.27 4K Mixed 0.44 115% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 72%
Seagate ST2000NE0025-2FL101 2TB 830 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 844GB free Firmware: EN02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 72 63 20870897 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 266 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 16295978 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 106850196390687 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 248 (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 62 52 722731046 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 59 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3056 (C2) HDA temperature 38 48 73014444070 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 72 63 20870897 (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 72451803316933 (F1) Unknown 100 253 13948770225 (F2) Unknown 100 253 7574683400	74.3% Very good	Read 124 Write 134 Mixed 36 72% 98.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.26 4K Write 2.28 4K Mixed 0.38 137% 1.31 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMV4GX3M1A1333C9 CMV4GX3M1A1333C9 CMV4GX3M1A1333C9 CMV4GX3M1A1333C9 16GB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	49.5% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 15.3 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 17.4 47% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 63.1 63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 53%

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Desktop 75%

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Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: MSI P67A-C43 (MS-7673) - $300

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	106x
Core i7-2600Intel $194Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	61x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	48x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	29x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	20x
GTX 550-TiNvidia $250Bench 9%, 54,392 samples	13x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	15x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	9x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	8x

RAM
BL51264BA160A.16FH BL51264BA160A.16FH 8GBUnknownBench 49%, 72 samples	6x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	4x
CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 8GBCorsairBench 48%, 1,087 samples	4x

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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