MSI Z68A-G45 (MS-7750)

Performance Results


Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	1.88% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	48.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7750
Motherboard	MSI Z68A-G45 (MS-7750) (all builds)
Memory	2.6 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130110
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 18 '18 at 07:19
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 4.3 GHz, turbo 5.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 114 2-Core 228 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 454 61% 454 Pts	64-Core 454 28% 454 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 3000 (Desktop V1 1.1 GHz) 8,807 User benchmarks, average bench 2% MSI(1462 2111) 1.8GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	1.88% Terrible	Lighting 2.07 Reflection 3.04 Parallax 1.41 2% 2.17 fps	MRender 2.9 Gravity 1.13 Splatting 3.87 2% 2.64 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.88% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
T-64 63GB 36 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: T170206b Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 60 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 147 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AD) Unknown 200 200 17182556180 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 70 (BB) vendor-specific 100 0 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 200 200 4 (CF) Spin high current 200 200 41 (D0) Spin buzz 200 200 20 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1561839561 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2077096486 (F5) Unknown 100 100 42374348	48.3% Average	Read 450 Write 184 Mixed 262 66% 299 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 10.7 4K Mixed 4.85 62% 16.2 MB/s	DQ Read 80 DQ Write 11.4 DQ Mixed 5.06 14% 32.2 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 69%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 465GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 163 160 4808 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2339 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7560 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2017 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 228 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2339 (C2) HDA temperature 122 92 25 (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 (F0) Head flying hours 91 91 6984 (F1) Unknown 200 200 8156564848 (F2) Unknown 200 200 13375024755	50.8% Above average	Read 91.5 Write 85.3 Mixed 81 65% 85.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 0.43 118% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 69%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 32GB-$16 13,359 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 28GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	39% Below average	Read 134 Write 55.9 Mixed 63.3 93% 84.3 MB/s	4K Read 6.69 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.98 124% 3.2 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x4GB 154,807 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	28% Poor	MC Read 8.8 MC Write 8.9 MC Mixed 7.7 24% 8.47 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 8.8 26% 9 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 28% Great: 52%

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Typical Z68A-G45 (MS-7750) Builds (Compare 8 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 37%

Jet ski

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 30%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI Z68A-G45 (MS-7750)

CPU
Core i7-2600Intel $194Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	4x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	3x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	1x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	4x
RX 480AMD $75Bench 46%, 261,163 samples	2x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1x

SSD
BX500 240GBCrucial $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	1x
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston $35Bench 64%, 176,713 samples	1x
Raid 0 Volume 1TBIntelBench 103%, 108 samples	1x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	2x
9905403-400.A00LF 2x4GBKingstonBench 48%, 836 samples	1x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	1x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $352

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $45	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