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

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 59%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	58.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	66.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7750
Motherboard	MSI Z68A-G43 (G3) (MS-7750) (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130109
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 14 '18 at 01:46
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing below expectations (35^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, turbo 1.95 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	59% Above average	Memory 85.4 1-Core 64.6 2-Core 112 56% 87.2 Pts	4-Core 192 8-Core 190 26% 191 Pts	64-Core 190 12% 190 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% PNY(196E 11D9) 3GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (99^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (71 fps cap detected)	58.3% Above average	Lighting 72.2 Reflection 71.4 Parallax 62 59% 68.5 fps	MRender 70.7 Gravity 67.8 Splatting 71.3 57% 69.9 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$49 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 341GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR010 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 21 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 24 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1 (B4) Unknown 0 0 40 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 62 54 197568495654 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 677616666 (F7) Unknown 100 100 11252690 (F8) Unknown 100 100 8909622	66.6% Good	Read 413 Write 329 Mixed 339 80% 360 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 46.6 4K Mixed 18.2 93% 31.4 MB/s	DQ Read 31.7 DQ Write 81.7 DQ Mixed 17 24% 43.4 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 125%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 36GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3973 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 696 (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 71 57 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 30 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7304462214	70.2% Very good	Read 410 Write 344 Mixed 349 82% 367 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 48 4K Mixed 21.9 100% 33.5 MB/s	DQ Read 42.5 DQ Write 88.1 DQ Mixed 19.4 28% 50 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 124%
PNY SSD2SC120GE2DA08B-T 120GB 109 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 27GB free Firmware: 502ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -112218905493811 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2402 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 151 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 26 54 38658244634 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 10041 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8815 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8815 (F2) Unknown 0 0 16646	42.4% Average	Read 206 Write 142 Mixed 172 38% 173 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 50.4 4K Mixed 12.3 79% 28.9 MB/s	DQ Read 29.8 DQ Write 88.5 DQ Mixed 10.4 22% 42.9 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 83%
WD RE4 500GB (2010)-$30 12,344 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 217GB free Firmware: 01.01S02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 5 (03) Spinup time 139 137 4033 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9434 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 20310 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2869 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 174 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9259 (C2) HDA temperature 120 90 23 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	58.1% Above average	Read 88.4 Write 114 Mixed 71.9 68% 91.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 2.36 4K Mixed 0.32 103% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	48.9% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 18.7 MC Mixed 15.9 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 12.8 SC Mixed 12.5 36% 12.6 GB/s	Latency 71.7 56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 65%

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Gaming 54%

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Desktop 74%

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Workstation 42%

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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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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $379

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