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

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 41% Speed boat	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including moderate gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 38.1%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	69.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. Find active processes with Windows task manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC).

Run History

3 months ago, 3 months ago, 3 months 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%

PC Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246 67,219 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 1.95 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	38.1% Below average	SC Int 63.6 SC Float 64.6 SC Mixed 61.4 51% 63.2 Pts	QC Int 179 QC Float 192 QC Mixed 184 42% 185 Pts	MC Int 173 MC Float 190 MC Mixed 179 27% 181 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$225 106,313 User benchmarks, average bench 66% PNY(196E 11D9) 3GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	69.9% Good	Lighting 217 Reflection 186 Parallax 198 65% 200 fps	MRender 148 Gravity 203 Splatting 164 74% 172 fps
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 72%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$110 3,742 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 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: 79% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 126%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$85 289,462 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 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: 74% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 126%
PNY SSD2SC120GE2DA08B-T 120GB 41 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 27GB free Firmware: 502ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (7^th 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: 70%
WD RE4 500GB (2010)-$43 2,646 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 217GB free Firmware: 01.01S02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^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: 45% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 78%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 134,696 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (78^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: 57%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds.

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Gaming 65%

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Desktop 66%

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Workstation 39%

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

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 71%, 67,219 samples	113x
Core i7-2600KIntel $375Bench 69%, 47,793 samples	36x
Core i5-3570KIntel $285Bench 76%, 70,031 samples	32x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $290Bench 71%, 284,801 samples	32x
GTX 970Nvidia $370Bench 63%, 301,566 samples	27x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $155Bench 39%, 160,775 samples	21x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $85Bench 105%, 289,462 samples	19x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $121Bench 113%, 212,819 samples	17x
AGILITY3 60GBOCZBench 35%, 6,045 samples	9x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 49%, 28,411 samples	12x
Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 52%, 6,925 samples	8x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 27,448 samples	8x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $621

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $320	Nvidia GTX 1070 $413	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $85
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $160	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $290	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $121
Intel Core i7-7700K $300	AMD RX 480 $280	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $162

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $176	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $44
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $951	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $59	HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB $219	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12