MSI PH67A-C43 (MS-7673)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 44.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	17.1% 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	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 9 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7673
Motherboard	MSI PH67A-C43 (MS-7673) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110331
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	May 30 '16 at 04:38
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	44.2% Average	Memory 77.8 1-Core 52.9 2-Core 61.6 45% 64.1 Pts	4-Core 65.3 8-Core 65.1 9% 65.2 Pts	64-Core 59.5 4% 59.5 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 560 Ti-$188 42,397 User benchmarks, average bench 16% Device(0000 0000) 1GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 9.18.13.3788 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	17.1% Very poor	Lighting 19.8 Reflection 22.9 Parallax 17.8 16% 20.2 fps	MRender 26.5 Gravity 20.9 Splatting 22 19% 23.2 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 17.1% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 570GB free (System drive) Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 223 2008 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1886 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18628 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1872 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 191 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 43 43 471541 (C2) HDA temperature 116 96 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 18 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 12 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 21 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 21	58.6% Above average	Read 104 Write 100 Mixed 22.1 55% 75.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.17 4K Write 0.44 4K Mixed 0.06 22% 0.22 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 156GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 99 23083508 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 37 37 65535 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 55169140 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5017 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1555 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 8590065666 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 57 538443808 (C2) HDA temperature 32 43 90194313248 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 17 16 23083508 (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 -87076166949865 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1892091509 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3072234231	42.2% Average	Read 77.5 Write 69.5 Mixed 24 42% 57 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 0.71 4K Mixed 0.48 88% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 88%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 116GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 187 186 3616 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2904 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7464 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1165 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 59 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 173 173 81682 (C2) HDA temperature 112 98 31 (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	36.6% Below average	Read 64.2 Write 63.1 Mixed 22.4 36% 49.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.24 79% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 54%
WD USB Elements Device 500GB 146 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 90GB free, PID 6031 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	11.4% Very poor	Read 32.1 Write 27.9 Mixed 20.4 33% 26.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.07 4K Write 0.22 4K Mixed 0.07 10% 0.12 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 11.4% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 468 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	28.8% Poor	MC Read 6.4 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 8.2 28% 9.67 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 7 SC Mixed 6.3 21% 7.4 GB/s	Latency 84.8 47% 84.8 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 28.8% Great: 61%

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 70%

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Workstation 17%

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Motherboard: MSI PH67A-C43 (MS-7673)

CPU
Core i5-2400Intel $250Bench 61%, 166,255 samples	5x
Xeon E3-1230 V2Intel $266Bench 70%, 8,235 samples	5x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	5x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	6x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	5x
GTX 560 TiNvidia $188Bench 16%, 42,397 samples	2x

SSD
P3-256 256GBBench 69%, 2,367 samples	4x
SSD Plus 120GBSanDisk $42Bench 58%, 87,912 samples	3x
T253X2256G 256GBTeamBench 70%, 4,105 samples	3x

RAM
CMX16GX3M2A1600C11 CMX16GX3M2A1600C11 16GBCorsairBench 42%, 22 samples	3x
KHX1600C10D3/8G F3-1600C10-8GAO KHX1600C10D3/8G F3-1600C10-8GAO 32GBKingstonBench 49%, 2 samples	2x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBCorsairBench 50%, 20,728 samples	2x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $309

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $184	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