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

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 73.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	106% 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	61.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

2 months ago, 2 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7681
Motherboard	MSI Z68A-GD65 (G3) (MS-7681) (all builds)
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130705
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 29 '24 at 04:13
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770-$297 278,207 User benchmarks, average bench 69% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	Memory 80.4 1-Core 101 2-Core 198 72% 126 Pts	4-Core 367 8-Core 499 55% 433 Pts	64-Core 501 31% 501 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Zotac(19DA 4511) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 551.61 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	106% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 115 Parallax 132 106% 126 fps	MRender 180 Gravity 129 Splatting 105 109% 138 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 180GB 136 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 150 152 155 154 155 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Read 359 Write 128 Mixed 193 SusWrite 148 46% 207 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 64.6 4K Mixed 23.2 102% 37.6 MB/s	DQ Read 144 DQ Write 172 DQ Mixed 127 104% 148 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 102%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 314GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 260 308 317 321 318 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 334 Write 302 Mixed 315 SusWrite 280 69% 308 MB/s	4K Read 45.3 4K Write 66.7 4K Mixed 53.3 172% 55.1 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 443 310% 390 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 340%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot PSD38G1600L2 4x8GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 16.6 53% 18.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 17 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 81.3 49% 81.3 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 95%

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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	43	12	60	31.5"	1280 720	PHLC20F PHL 322E1

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Typical Z68A-GD65 (G3) (MS-7681) Builds (Compare 165 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 38%

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Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 31%

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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 $136Bench 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 $90Bench 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 i5-13600K $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