MSI P67A-GD65 (MS-7681)

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 69.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	53% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	35.9% 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.

System	MSI MS-7681
Motherboard	MSI P67A-GD65 (MS-7681) (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130109
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 25 '17 at 19:15
Run Duration	356 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (46^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 4.2 GHz, turbo 5.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Memory 77.1 1-Core 105 2-Core 184 70% 122 Pts	4-Core 350 8-Core 376 48% 363 Pts	64-Core 367 23% 367 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 69.2% 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 CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	53% Above average	Lighting 66.4 Reflection 69.6 Parallax 62 54% 66 fps	MRender 71.5 Gravity 62.7 Splatting 55.1 51% 63.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Scst_fio vg0i3 239GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 31GB free Firmware: 221 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	23.1% Poor	Read 83.9 Write 102 Mixed 93.7 21% 93.3 MB/s	4K Read 10.6 4K Write 10.9 4K Mixed 9.92 34% 10.5 MB/s	DQ Read 67.5 DQ Write 58.8 DQ Mixed 31.4 32% 52.5 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 23.1% Great: 23%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 29GB 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 124 100 380 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 514 (A6) Unknown 100 100 186 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 238 (A9) Unknown 100 100 44 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 217 (AE) Unknown 100 100 46 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 46 100 304942678070 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 7 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 52233 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1392 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2373	62.4% Good	Read 403 Write 395 Mixed 365 87% 388 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 46.8 4K Mixed 5.39 69% 25.5 MB/s	DQ Read 41.6 DQ Write 98.8 DQ Mixed 9.73 25% 50 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 86%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 29GB free Firmware: U21010RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 135 100 391 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 514 (A6) Unknown 100 100 211 (A7) Unknown 100 100 1 (A8) Unknown 100 100 263 (A9) Unknown 100 100 35 (AA) Unknown 100 100 2 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 239 (AE) Unknown 100 100 46 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 8 (C2) HDA temperature 44 100 296352743480 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 8 (E8) Unknown 100 100 99 (E9) Unknown 100 100 57363 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1392 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2378	61.5% Good	Read 400 Write 397 Mixed 394 89% 397 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 47.1 4K Mixed 5.61 68% 25.5 MB/s	DQ Read 48.9 DQ Write 52.7 DQ Mixed 8.2 18% 36.6 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 86%
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 19GB free Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^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 7489 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1514 (E8) Unknown 100 100 11266463791 (E9) Unknown 99 0 99	69.5% Good	Read 365 Write 368 Mixed 324 79% 352 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 70.2 4K Mixed 18.5 99% 37.9 MB/s	DQ Read 26.2 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 18.5 30% 54.8 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 104%
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.13 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 90 90 28631534 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 -50809463090967 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2061 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 84 (B1) Unknown 0 0 8 (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 28631534 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 28631534 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 28631534 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 23542 (EA) Unknown 0 0 24512 (F1) Unknown 0 0 24512 (F2) Unknown 0 0 35043	35.9% Below average	Read 142 Write 92.9 Mixed 86.4 24% 107 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 62.5 4K Mixed 8.36 77% 31 MB/s	DQ Read 25.5 DQ Write 91.9 DQ Mixed 7.29 20% 41.6 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 61%
Scst_fio vg0i0 599GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 0GB free Firmware: 221 Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	20.2% Poor	Read 83.2 Write 102 Mixed 89 20% 91.3 MB/s	4K Read 10.8 4K Write 10.8 4K Mixed 6.48 30% 9.34 MB/s	DQ Read 10.8 DQ Write 60.8 DQ Mixed 5.78 13% 25.8 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 20.2% Great: 24%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 886GB free Firmware: MN6OA580 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 86 (03) Spinup time 134 134 34387657130 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4226 (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 12546 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2170 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4306 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4306 (C2) HDA temperature 139 139 223339020331 (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	61.3% Good	Read 107 Write 107 Mixed 62.7 68% 92.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.33 86% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 85%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 591GB 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 116 99 117421464 (03) Spinup time 94 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4920 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6847025 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3520 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 637 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065666 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 51 689307687 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 13876 (C2) HDA temperature 39 49 51539607591 (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 49843095470494 (F1) Unknown 100 253 21339543047 (F2) Unknown 100 253 93149783168	66.3% Good	Read 112 Write 119 Mixed 84.4 78% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.2 78% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 66.3% 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 (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 238600776 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2094 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 19193172 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14890 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2095 (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 61 38 752325296167 (C2) HDA temperature 39 62 38654705703 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 24 21 238600776 (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 -103684805474680 (F1) Unknown 100 253 606729673 (F2) Unknown 100 253 621978080	41.6% Average	Read 67.7 Write 77.1 Mixed 46.1 47% 63.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.39 103% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 41.6% 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 below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.2% Average	MC Read 14.7 MC Write 16.5 MC Mixed 14.1 43% 15.1 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 14.2 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 86.1 46% 86.1 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 54%

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Gaming 36%

Jet ski

Desktop 76%

Battleship

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 $194Bench 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 $94Bench 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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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $541

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