MSI Z68A-GD65 (G3) (MS-7681)

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 77.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	29.9% 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	26.3% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7681
Motherboard	MSI Z68A-GD65 (G3) (MS-7681) (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 30 '17 at 22:29
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Memory 89.3 1-Core 97.3 2-Core 192 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 368 8-Core 472 54% 420 Pts	64-Core 471 29% 471 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 360B) 2GB CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	29.9% Poor	Lighting 35.1 Reflection 31.3 Parallax 45 29% 37.1 fps	MRender 42.8 Gravity 41.9 Splatting 35.4 32% 40 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 29.9% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 320 Series 80GB-$60 4,402 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4PC10362 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (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 11986 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3318 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1518 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 77 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 622647 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 6468 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 36 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 719170 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 94 94 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 622647 (F2) Unknown 100 100 354890	26.3% Poor	Read 197 Write 87.7 Mixed 95.5 28% 127 MB/s	4K Read 8.65 4K Write 32.8 4K Mixed 7.79 40% 16.4 MB/s	DQ Read 14.3 DQ Write 34.8 DQ Mixed 11.4 12% 20.2 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 26.3% Great: 45%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$497 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 931GB free Firmware: ST6OA31B Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 130 130 120 (03) Spinup time 131 131 38684328357 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 7138 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 29 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 125 125 33 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 20619 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3828 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 7195 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 7195 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 257699086372 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 33 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 7 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	47.5% Average	Read 104 Write 61.2 Mixed 24.7 46% 63.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.4 113% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 61%
Seagate ST9250410AS 250GB-$42 8,782 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 233GB free Firmware: 0006HPM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 88 39868039 (03) Spinup time 100 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6698 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 8 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 64593919964 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 8977 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 37 4961 (B7) Unknown 100 253 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 2444 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 47 454688795 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 257 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 153 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 63 63 75699 (C2) HDA temperature 27 53 25769803803 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 43 26 39868039 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 8 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	54.3% Above average	Read 94.3 Write 94.8 Mixed 64.7 63% 84.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.43 103% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 56%
Samsung SP2004C 200GB-$46 4,063 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 186GB free Firmware: VM100-33 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 5760 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 13058 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 9 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13933 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 2 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6289 (BE) vendor-specific 145 100 31 (C2) HDA temperature 145 100 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 14495 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 9 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 98 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 253 0	32.4% Below average	Read 55.1 Write 57.5 Mixed 32.8 36% 48.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.46 110% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 20,667 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	49.1% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 15.3 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 16.9 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 77%

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Gaming 38%

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Desktop 78%

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Workstation 31%

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Motherboard: MSI Z68A-GD65 (G3) (MS-7681)

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	63x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	41x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	16x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	21x
HD 3000 (Desktop V1 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 8,807 samples	11x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	10x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	11x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	5x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	5x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	10x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	10x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 50%, 23,732 samples	5x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $599

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 $15	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