MSI P67A-C45 (MS-7673)

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7673
Motherboard	MSI P67A-C45 (MS-7673) (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130109
Uptime	35.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 10 '17 at 15:53
Run Duration	101 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (60^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 5.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	Memory 82.7 1-Core 111 2-Core 222 78% 139 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 440 59% 442 Pts	64-Core 401 25% 401 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 79%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$78 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 176 5975 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2359 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 17203 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 309 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 66 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9621 (C2) HDA temperature 118 109 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 15 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	75.8% Very good	Read 135 Write 128 Mixed 130 99% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.53 4K Mixed 0.29 117% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 88%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1AJ10001 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 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 71 68 9066 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2664 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 17284 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2678 (BF) G-sense error rate 252 252 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 54 197569413153 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 25 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 139043	47.4% Average	Read 84.3 Write 80.6 Mixed 69 58% 78 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.5 109% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMX8GX3M2B1600C9 Kingston 9905474-012.A00LF 029E CMX8GX3M2B1600C9 Kingston 9905474-012.A00LF 12GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	51.2% Above average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 16.1 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 16.9 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 75.7 53% 75.7 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 52%

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Desktop 75%

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Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: MSI P67A-C45 (MS-7673)

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	184x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	38x
Core i7-2600Intel $197Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	29x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	44x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	26x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	23x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	12x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	12x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	11x

RAM
CMX8GX3M2B1600C9 CMX8GX3M2B1600C9 8GBCorsairBench 51%, 137 samples	9x
CML16GX3M2A1600C10 CML16GX3M2A1600C10 16GBCorsairBench 48%, 91 samples	8x
KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G 16GBKingstonBench 50%, 248 samples	8x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $474

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	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) $34	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