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

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	107% 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	61.8% 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

3 months ago, 3 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7681
Motherboard	MSI Z68A-GD65 (G3) (MS-7681) (all builds)
Memory	27.9 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 04:40
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770-$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 (94^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Memory 80.8 1-Core 101 2-Core 195 72% 126 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 499 57% 443 Pts	64-Core 495 31% 495 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 75.5% 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: 3600 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 551.61 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	107% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 117 Parallax 133 107% 127 fps	MRender 186 Gravity 131 Splatting 108 112% 141 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 180GB 136 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 152 150 158 159 156 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	61.8% Good	Read 330 Write 168 Mixed 185 SusWrite 148 46% 208 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 61.8 4K Mixed 27.6 106% 38 MB/s	DQ Read 145 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 123 103% 149 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 102%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$84 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 314GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 271 314 319 318 321 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 336 Write 298 Mixed 309 SusWrite 281 69% 306 MB/s	4K Read 45.2 4K Write 66.6 4K Mixed 53.3 172% 55 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 445 312% 391 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 (52^nd percentile)	54.4% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 16.8 53% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 18.3 50% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 78.4 51% 78.4 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 54.4% 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	70	58	60	31.5"	1280 720	PHLC20F PHL 322E1

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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 $76Bench 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 $175	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16