MSI Z68A-GD80 (G3) (MS-7672)

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	11.9% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	39% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7672
Motherboard	MSI Z68A-GD80 (G3) (MS-7672) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110908
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 30 '23 at 14:20
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing below expectations (39^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, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 96.7 1-Core 108 2-Core 216 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 534 60% 472 Pts	64-Core 535 33% 535 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6850 31,600 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Sapphire(174B 174B) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	11.9% Very poor	Lighting 16.2 Reflection 18.4 Parallax 14.3 13% 16.3 fps	MRender 12.5 Gravity 11.8 Splatting 10.2 9% 11.5 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 11.9% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S3 500G 500GB 12,292 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 143GB free (System drive) Firmware: 415000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 57 61 62 59 61 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	39% Below average	Read 236 Write 229 Mixed 170 SusWrite 59.1 39% 174 MB/s	4K Read 16.2 4K Write 54.3 4K Mixed 18.5 77% 29.7 MB/s	DQ Read 30.4 DQ Write 84.7 DQ Mixed 42.4 37% 52.5 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 116%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$63 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 73GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 50 50 50 51 50 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	30.1% Below average	Read 54.5 Write 42 Mixed 45.5 SusWrite 50.2 36% 48 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 113% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 30.1% Great: 57%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$63 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 342GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 61 61 62 59 62 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	36.5% Below average	Read 66.5 Write 57.7 Mixed 54 SusWrite 60.4 44% 59.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 155% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 57%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 811GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 66 69 68 68 73 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	63.5% Good	Read 151 Write 112 Mixed 74 SusWrite 70.5 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-17000CL9-4GBZH F3-17000CL9-4GBZH F3-17000CL9-4GBZH F3-17000CL9-4GBZH 16GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1867, 1867, 1867, 1867 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	66.5% Good	MC Read 23 MC Write 23.8 MC Mixed 21.1 65% 22.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 20.7 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 52.3 76% 52.3 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 74%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	70	58	60	7.2"	1280 720	SAM03E8 SyncMaster

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Typical Z68A-GD80 (G3) (MS-7672) Builds (Compare 56 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 43%

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Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: MSI Z68A-GD80 (G3) (MS-7672)

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	27x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	10x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	6x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	7x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	4x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	4x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	8x
Solid State Disk 128GBSpccBench 69%, 14,793 samples	3x
Ultimate SU800 512GBAdata $71Bench 104%, 31,280 samples	3x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 57%, 4,489 samples	4x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 54%, 12,350 samples	4x
Vengeance DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 52%, 8,627 samples	3x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $512

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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16