MSI Z68A-G43 (G3) (MS-7750)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 75.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	17.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

12 months ago, 12 months ago, 12 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7750
Motherboard	MSI Z68A-G43 (G3) (MS-7750) (all builds)
Memory	6.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130109
Uptime	3.2 Days
Run Date	May 04 '23 at 16:15
Run Duration	121 Seconds
Run User	SRB-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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 4.2 GHz, turbo 5.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Memory 92.1 1-Core 110 2-Core 219 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 333 8-Core 364 46% 349 Pts	64-Core 366 23% 366 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Sapphire(1DA2 E366) CLim: 1411 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 23.4.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	17.6% Very poor	Lighting 0.2 Reflection 65.9 Parallax 93.6 0% 53.2 fps	MRender 67 Gravity 78.3 Splatting 49.2 52% 64.8 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 17.6% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST3160318AS 160GB-$43 15,932 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 28 57 18 73 80 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	37.2% Below average	Read 83.8 Write 83.5 Mixed 45 SusWrite 45.6 47% 64.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 58%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 124GB free Firmware: KC48 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 89 87 88 87 87 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	Read 102 Write 99.8 Mixed 50.6 SusWrite 87.3 62% 84.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 132% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 8502 PSD34G13332 8GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	53.4% Above average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 19.3 MC Mixed 16.8 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 16.3 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 53%

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Gaming 54%

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Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 42%

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Motherboard: MSI Z68A-G43 (G3) (MS-7750)

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	41x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	16x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	11x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	13x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	8x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	8x

SSD
PLUS 120GBSandiskBench 43%, 16,974 samples	8x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	6x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	6x

RAM
9905471-074.A00LF 99U5471-054.A00LF 16GBKingstonBench 55%, 75 samples	6x
Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 52%, 16,472 samples	4x
KHX1600C9D3/4GX 8502 PSD34G13332 8GBKingstonBench 51%, 13 samples	4x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $379

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	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