MSI Z68A-G45 (G3) (MS-7750)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 15% 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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	22.7% 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.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7750
Motherboard	MSI Z68A-G45 (G3) (MS-7750) (all builds)
Memory	3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120829
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Mar 17 '18 at 12:20
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	25%

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 i5-3470-$59 223,595 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	Memory 88 1-Core 93.7 2-Core 186 72% 122 Pts	4-Core 332 8-Core 368 46% 350 Pts	64-Core 366 23% 366 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Gigabyte(1458 354E) 2GB CLim: 1254 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	22.7% Poor	Lighting 26.7 Reflection 25 Parallax 32.6 22% 28.1 fps	MRender 34.4 Gravity 31.3 Splatting 26 24% 30.6 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 22.7% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 70 (03) Spinup time 131 131 38683345331 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 332 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 455 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 185 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 332 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 332 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 223339282470 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	94.5% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 160 Mixed 161 123% 163 MB/s	4K Read 1.03 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.18 100% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 107 99 724752 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3120 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 458900811 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9880 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3111 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 14 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 46 655163430 (C2) HDA temperature 38 54 55834574886 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 47 33 724752 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -59042915408257 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3568032398 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4277940940	25.2% Poor	Read 53.3 Write 34.5 Mixed 46.7 34% 44.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.08 4K Write 0.63 4K Mixed 0.22 39% 0.31 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 25.2% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 16,472 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 20.6 MC Mixed 18.3 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 16.7 SC Mixed 16.4 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 69.6 58% 69.6 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 63%

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Typical Z68A-G45 (G3) (MS-7750) Builds (Compare 44 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 34%

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Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 27%

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Motherboard: MSI Z68A-G45 (G3) (MS-7750)

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	25x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	6x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	3x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	8x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	6x
GTX 650-TiNvidia $152Bench 14%, 36,698 samples	5x

SSD
SU650 240GBAdata $70Bench 70%, 47,016 samples	8x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	7x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	3x

RAM
F3-17000CL11-4GBXL F3-17000CL11-4GBXL 8GBUnknownBench 39%, 293 samples	6x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	5x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	2x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $516

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16