MSI Z68A-GD80 (G3) (MS-7672)

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	34.9% 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	75.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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-7672
Motherboard	MSI Z68A-GD80 (G3) (MS-7672) (all builds)
Memory	7.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130109
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Apr 08 '17 at 22:32
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2700K-$89 20,692 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Memory 83 1-Core 103 2-Core 206 74% 131 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 517 58% 458 Pts	64-Core 524 32% 524 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 3690) 2GB CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	34.9% Below average	Lighting 45.1 Reflection 43.7 Parallax 38.9 37% 42.6 fps	MRender 39.9 Gravity 40.2 Splatting 35.5 31% 38.5 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2913 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 338 (B1) Unknown 98 98 24 (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 67 53 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 15 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11212372735	75.5% Very good	Read 509 Write 410 Mixed 416 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 55.2 4K Mixed 16.7 87% 31.9 MB/s	DQ Read 27.8 DQ Write 174 DQ Mixed 16.1 37% 72.8 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 124%
Hitachi HDS724040ALE640 4TB-$465 6,270 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 3.5TB free Firmware: MJAOA580 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 128 128 51579060824 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 183 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1830 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 183 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 268 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 268 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 201864708129 (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	93.4% Outstanding	Read 163 Write 162 Mixed 153 120% 159 MB/s	4K Read 1.11 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.24 112% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 373GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 188301710 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1090 (05) Reallocated sector count 94 94 275 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 76855221 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7167 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1071 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 58 487915548 (C2) HDA temperature 28 42 55834574876 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 37 16 188301710 (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 33049773352934 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3343205386 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1143950636	32.5% Below average	Read 78.2 Write 35 Mixed 79 49% 64.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 0.61 4K Mixed 0.03 39% 0.41 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 68%
VB0250EAVER 250GB 1,795 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 18GB free Firmware: HPG0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 100585207 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2476 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 10784675 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7063 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1111 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1286825426 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 55 521469982 (C2) HDA temperature 30 45 60129542174 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 46 39 100585207 (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	48.2% Average	Read 89.6 Write 78.5 Mixed 74.4 61% 80.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.36 85% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-440.A00LF 4x4GB 115 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	56.2% Above average	MC Read 20 MC Write 20.3 MC Mixed 18.2 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 18.3 50% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 75.2 53% 75.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 64%

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Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: MSI Z68A-GD80 (G3) (MS-7672)

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	27x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	10x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	6x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	7x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	4x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	4x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	8x
Solid State Disk 128GBSpccBench 69%, 14,793 samples	3x
Ultimate SU800 512GBAdata $74Bench 104%, 31,280 samples	3x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 57%, 4,489 samples	4x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 54%, 12,350 samples	4x
Vengeance DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 52%, 8,627 samples	3x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $516

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 $179	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