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

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 77.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	124% 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	47.7% 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.

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System	MSI MS-7681
Motherboard	MSI Z68A-GD65 (G3) (MS-7681) (all builds)
Memory	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120221
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 03 '23 at 20:38
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	36%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 (94^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Memory 92 1-Core 106 2-Core 215 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 364 49% 367 Pts	64-Core 375 23% 375 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6700-XT-$480 20,231 User benchmarks, average bench 122% Gigabyte(1458 2331) ≥ 4GB; GV-R67XTGAMING OC-12GD Ram: 12GB, Driver: 23.3.2 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 136 Parallax 286 111% 186 fps	MRender 256 Gravity 150 Splatting 205 166% 204 fps
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 129%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ct2000mx 50 2TB 761 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 76 90 88 88 92 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	47.7% Average	Read 249 Write 148 Mixed 170 SusWrite 86.6 36% 164 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 31.5 4K Mixed 28.3 89% 28 MB/s	DQ Read 55.7 DQ Write 137 DQ Mixed 112 81% 101 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 113%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 171GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 84 85 62 57 82 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	41.7% Average	Read 68.9 Write 63.6 Mixed 41.5 SusWrite 76.1 46% 62.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 51%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$28 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 196GB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 92 85 86 91 91 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	64.7% Good	Read 137 Write 113 Mixed 71.1 SusWrite 88.2 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 109%
WD My Passport 2626 4TB 2,594 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1.5TB free, PID 2626 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 87 86 86 86 86 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	64.4% Good	Read 120 Write 105 Mixed 55.4 SusWrite 86.4 119% 91.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 9.1 4K Mixed 0.5 331% 3.57 MB/s	DQ Read 0.3 DQ Write 9.1 DQ Mixed 0.6 331% 3.33 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 118 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	57.9% Above average	MC Read 19 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 19.3 58% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 17.4 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 60%

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Typical Z68A-GD65 (G3) (MS-7681) Builds (Compare 166 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 38%

Jet ski

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 31%

Sail boat

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 $50Bench 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 $76Bench 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: 60% - Above average

Total price: $595

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16