MSI P67A-C45 (MS-7673)

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	34.1% 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	87.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7673
Motherboard	MSI P67A-C45 (MS-7673) (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130109
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 06 '17 at 13:59
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	10%

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 i5-2500 82,538 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Memory 91.6 1-Core 104 2-Core 204 77% 133 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 374 51% 381 Pts	64-Core 389 24% 389 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 670-$435 47,610 User benchmarks, average bench 28% Gigabyte(1458 3542) 2GB CLim: 1367 MHz, MLim: 1852 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	34.1% Below average	Lighting 40 Reflection 37.7 Parallax 47.8 33% 41.8 fps	MRender 53.5 Gravity 47.5 Splatting 37.8 37% 46.3 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 34.1% Great: 31%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 159GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2086 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2346 (B1) Unknown 98 98 37 (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 64 48 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 868 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14822065457	87.3% Excellent	Read 511 Write 412 Mixed 423 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 74.8 4K Mixed 33.9 129% 46.3 MB/s	DQ Read 34.5 DQ Write 64.9 DQ Mixed 18.7 23% 39.4 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 429GB free Firmware: KC48 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 90 2120 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 82 82 19065 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 61 59 47258632833 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2579 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2544 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 35 35 65 (BC) Unknown 100 100 36 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 51 655949862 (C2) HDA temperature 38 49 103079215142 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 47 39 2120 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 8 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 104294690851494 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1508804791 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3671936294	66.1% Good	Read 121 Write 110 Mixed 77 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.78 136% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 22GB free Firmware: KC48 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 2280 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 37 37 65535 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 17252925605 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5439 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2845 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BC) Unknown 100 98 31 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 52 639172645 (C2) HDA temperature 37 48 81604378661 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 46 30 2280 (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 27676769260891 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2561307610 (F2) Unknown 100 253 442401304	41.1% Average	Read 64.6 Write 78.7 Mixed 78.2 56% 73.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.5 92% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown T4G86U1-H9M 878A T4G86U1-H9H 8GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	51.7% Above average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 16.6 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 16.3 45% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 52%

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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	185x
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	24x

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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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