MSI P67A-GD55 (MS-7681)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7681
Motherboard	MSI P67A-GD55 (MS-7681) (all builds)
Memory	4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120608
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 17 '18 at 15:58
Run Duration	104 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570K-$136 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 88.9 1-Core 116 2-Core 235 82% 147 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 465 62% 463 Pts	64-Core 466 29% 466 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367A) CLim: 1594 MHz, MLim: 1852 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.8% Good	Lighting 77.6 Reflection 76.3 Parallax 74.3 63% 76.1 fps	MRender 78.4 Gravity 69.6 Splatting 60.9 56% 69.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7980 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1804 (B1) Unknown 95 95 56 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 52 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 224 (F1) Unknown 99 99 32948599630
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 640GB 1,575 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 83GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 181 Mixed 159 125% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 3.32 4K Mixed 0.53 151% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 120%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 78,181 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	53.2% Above average	MC Read 18.5 MC Write 18.7 MC Mixed 17 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 16.7 49% 17 GB/s	Latency 68.5 58% 68.5 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 62%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical P67A-GD55 (MS-7681) Builds (Compare 272 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 40%

Jet ski

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 31%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI P67A-GD55 (MS-7681)

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	137x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	56x
Core i7-2600Intel $194Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	27x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	32x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	21x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	18x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	11x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	10x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	8x

RAM
CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 8GBCorsairBench 49%, 308 samples	9x
CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 16GBCorsairBench 50%, 118 samples	5x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 54%, 12,350 samples	5x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $391

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16