MSI P67A-GD65 (MS-7681)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	38% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7681
Motherboard	MSI P67A-GD65 (MS-7681) (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130109
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 30 '16 at 11:39
Run Duration	404 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	Memory 81.2 1-Core 109 2-Core 221 77% 137 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 406 53% 400 Pts	64-Core 401 25% 401 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gainward(10B0 13C2) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6472 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$26 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 175GB free Firmware: U21010RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 112 100 112 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 238 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 27 (A9) Unknown 100 100 44 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 11 (AE) Unknown 100 100 38 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 55 100 274877906989 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2777 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1129 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1464	62.4% Good	Read 399 Write 381 Mixed 316 81% 365 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 54.6 4K Mixed 5.23 72% 28 MB/s	DQ Read 47 DQ Write 98.4 DQ Mixed 8.59 25% 51.3 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 86%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$26 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 175GB free Firmware: U21010RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 113 100 113 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 238 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 24 (A9) Unknown 100 100 33 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 10 (AE) Unknown 100 100 38 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 56 100 266287972396 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2609 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1129 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1448	63.3% Good	Read 401 Write 390 Mixed 387 88% 392 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 54.1 4K Mixed 5.49 74% 28.4 MB/s	DQ Read 32.7 DQ Write 95.2 DQ Mixed 10.2 23% 46 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 86%
Scst_fio vg0i3 239GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 31GB free Firmware: 221 Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	21.3% Poor	Read 93 Write 95.2 Mixed 95.5 21% 94.5 MB/s	4K Read 8.78 4K Write 8.76 4K Mixed 8.79 29% 8.78 MB/s	DQ Read 56 DQ Write 64.7 DQ Mixed 34.1 33% 51.6 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 21.3% Great: 23%
Scst_fio vg0i0 599GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 27GB free Firmware: 221 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	19.6% Very poor	Read 91 Write 96.8 Mixed 89.3 21% 92.4 MB/s	4K Read 8.36 4K Write 9.3 4K Mixed 7.9 28% 8.52 MB/s	DQ Read 56.9 DQ Write 11.8 DQ Mixed 37.3 27% 35.3 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 19.6% Great: 24%
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 35GB free Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 6 0 6 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5959 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1240 (E8) Unknown 100 100 8417332567 (E9) Unknown 99 0 99	71.4% Very good	Read 364 Write 364 Mixed 318 78% 349 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 79.7 4K Mixed 18.7 106% 41.6 MB/s	DQ Read 24.6 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 16.9 31% 57.1 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 104%
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.13 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 72 72 24123615 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 55602646631662 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1785 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 84 (B1) Unknown 0 0 6 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 128 129 545469300864 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 24123615 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 24123615 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 24123615 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 17724 (EA) Unknown 0 0 17875 (F1) Unknown 0 0 17875 (F2) Unknown 0 0 27576	38% Below average	Read 149 Write 95.9 Mixed 97.8 25% 114 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 73 4K Mixed 7 86% 35.1 MB/s	DQ Read 21.1 DQ Write 79.2 DQ Mixed 7.68 18% 36 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 61%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: MN6OA580 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 86 (03) Spinup time 150 150 34381562289 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2567 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 133 133 27 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 10785 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1894 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2645 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2645 (C2) HDA temperature 146 146 219044053033 (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	69.5% Good	Read 131 Write 111 Mixed 109 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.35 87% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 85%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 773GB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 229055024 (03) Spinup time 94 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2965 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 3429008 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1771 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 361 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 51 638976036 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7690 (C2) HDA temperature 36 49 51539607588 (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 26061861552338 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12692428758 (F2) Unknown 100 253 67958835407	66.6% Good	Read 116 Write 116 Mixed 83.8 78% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.23 86% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 59GB free Firmware: CC35 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 205301347 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1818 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 19107362 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13558 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1819 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 25770983465 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 62 38 752291807270 (C2) HDA temperature 38 62 38654705702 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 24 21 205301347 (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 72885595028898 (F1) Unknown 100 253 604812089 (F2) Unknown 100 253 600473744	39.9% Below average	Read 69 Write 69.7 Mixed 48.1 46% 62.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.49 115% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1333 C9 4x4GB 1,941 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	48.2% Average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 15.4 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 16 44% 15.4 GB/s	Latency 78.4 51% 78.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 54%

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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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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