MSI Z68A-G43 (G3) (MS-7750)

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	20.7% 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	45.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	MSI MS-7750
Motherboard	MSI Z68A-G43 (G3) (MS-7750) (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110825
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 10 '18 at 11:27
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 3.3 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 95.4 1-Core 111 2-Core 222 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 449 59% 444 Pts	64-Core 443 27% 443 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% MSI(1462 2877) 2GB CLim: 1228 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	20.7% Poor	Lighting 25.9 Reflection 24.4 Parallax 32 21% 27.4 fps	MRender 33.7 Gravity 14 Splatting 25.3 20% 24.4 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 20.7% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.22 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 104 7880968 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 49383533979664 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2859 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 175 (B1) Unknown 0 0 6 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 7880968 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 7880968 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 7880968 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 12960 (EA) Unknown 0 0 15739 (F1) Unknown 0 0 15739 (F2) Unknown 0 0 14715	45.7% Average	Read 169 Write 107 Mixed 131 30% 136 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 92.6 4K Mixed 10.7 103% 43.3 MB/s	DQ Read 26.9 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 8.76 25% 51.4 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 92 73655416 (03) Spinup time 91 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2834 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 58 55 128870323779 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5175 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1667 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 15 15 85 (BC) Unknown 100 95 47245361167 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 41 112157261853 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 411 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 32485 (C2) HDA temperature 29 59 17179869213 (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 28243704940731 (F1) Unknown 100 253 47507291625 (F2) Unknown 100 253 35975770107	89.7% Excellent	Read 155 Write 158 Mixed 105 104% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.24 70% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 113%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 874GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 31 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 67 60 10075 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 6049 (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 8221 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2797 (B5) Unknown 100 100 18310802 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 22 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 58 180389019671 (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 30556 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 6093	49.7% Average	Read 79.7 Write 93.1 Mixed 32.4 50% 68.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.34 100% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 72%
Samsung HD160JJ/P 160GB-$40 2,028 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 149GB free Firmware: ZM100-34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 99 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 5824 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7976 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8921 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2573 (BE) vendor-specific 115 85 41 (C2) HDA temperature 115 85 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 25509 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 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	34.2% Below average	Read 58 Write 60.8 Mixed 48.5 42% 55.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.46 105% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 34%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BL51264BA160A.16FH BL51264BA160A.16FH F3-1600C9-4GAB F3-1600C9-4GAB 16GB 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	61.3% Good	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 19.5 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 19.2 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 55.8 72% 55.8 ns

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Motherboard: MSI Z68A-G43 (G3) (MS-7750)

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	41x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	16x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	11x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	13x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	8x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	8x

SSD
PLUS 120GBSandiskBench 43%, 16,974 samples	8x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	6x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	6x

RAM
9905471-074.A00LF 99U5471-054.A00LF 16GBKingstonBench 55%, 75 samples	6x
Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 52%, 16,472 samples	4x
KHX1600C9D3/4GX 8502 PSD34G13332 8GBKingstonBench 51%, 13 samples	4x

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Total price: $379

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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