MSI P67A-GD65 (MS-7681)

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	17.3% 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	80.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	MSI MS-7681
Motherboard	MSI P67A-GD65 (MS-7681) (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120307
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '18 at 06:43
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 3.3 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 118 2-Core 237 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 471 8-Core 470 63% 471 Pts	64-Core 472 29% 472 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6870 25,443 User benchmarks, average bench 15% Asus(1043 03C6) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	17.3% Very poor	Lighting 23.2 Reflection 15.9 Parallax 20.1 19% 19.7 fps	MRender 14.1 Gravity 16 Splatting 20.3 14% 16.8 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 17.3% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D 500GB-$67 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 206GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61130WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1080 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 66 (A5) Unknown 100 100 8585323 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 22 (A8) Unknown 100 100 4 (A9) Unknown 100 100 213 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 25 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 35 150325100572 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 90194968597 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 608 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1309 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1182 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2228 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	80.5% Excellent	Read 508 Write 305 Mixed 292 81% 368 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 58.4 4K Mixed 21.9 113% 38.6 MB/s	DQ Read 196 DQ Write 173 DQ Mixed 48 73% 139 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 117%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 714GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 164 2241 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8425 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 28986 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2520 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 139 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 192 192 24859 (C2) HDA temperature 123 107 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	53.9% Above average	Read 103 Write 84.8 Mixed 4.8 46% 64.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 0.36 4K Mixed 0.2 60% 0.44 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 67%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 432GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 164 1141 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8455 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 28923 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2520 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 100 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 192 192 26194 (C2) HDA temperature 123 109 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	50.1% Above average	Read 91.5 Write 83.2 Mixed 56.8 57% 77.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.36 4K Mixed 0.16 50% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 67%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 386GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 163 161 4841 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5501 (05) Reallocated sector count 199 199 6 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 48 48 38260 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4088 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 70 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5501 (C2) HDA temperature 116 94 31 (C4) Reallocation count 199 199 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	60.1% Good	Read 108 Write 101 Mixed 92.7 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.39 114% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL7-4GBXH F3-12800CL9-4GBXL F3-12800CL7-4GBXH F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	61.7% Good	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 19.7 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 20 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 55.1 73% 55.1 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 62%

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Gaming 36%

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Desktop 76%

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Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: MSI P67A-GD65 (MS-7681)

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	155x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	153x
Core i7-2600Intel $197Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	50x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	44x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	41x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	40x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	22x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	17x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	15x

RAM
CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 8GBCorsairBench 48%, 1,087 samples	15x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	7x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 22,320 samples	6x

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Value: 56% - Above average

Total price: $555

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16