MSI P67A-C43 (MS-7673)

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 76.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	30.8% 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	106% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7673
Motherboard	MSI P67A-C43 (MS-7673) (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120801
Uptime	6.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 03 '17 at 13:56
Run Duration	108 Seconds
Run User	BGR-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2400-$250 166,255 User benchmarks, average bench 61% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	Memory 94.1 1-Core 94.3 2-Core 188 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 349 8-Core 330 46% 340 Pts	64-Core 341 21% 341 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7870-$203 42,130 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 2554) 2GB CLim: 1200 MHz, MLim: 1300 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	30.8% Below average	Lighting 38.9 Reflection 35.1 Parallax 47.2 32% 40.4 fps	MRender 31 Gravity 32.8 Splatting 40.6 29% 34.8 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 182GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 319 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 138 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 66 64 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 12 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1638062520	106% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 387 Mixed 397 96% 433 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 85.9 4K Mixed 45 170% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 262 DQ Write 177 DQ Mixed 99.6 107% 179 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 891GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 48918680 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 785 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 68187845 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1961 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 671 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 10 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 64 487850008 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 28 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5929 (C2) HDA temperature 24 40 60129542168 (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 85920820758255 (F1) Unknown 100 253 13019995330 (F2) Unknown 100 253 365968153395	105% Outstanding	Read 201 Write 165 Mixed 160 132% 175 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.21 88% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-034.A00LF 99U5471-034.A00LF 8GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.8 59% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 17.9 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 59.5 67% 59.5 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 56%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Desktop 75%

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Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: MSI P67A-C43 (MS-7673) - $300

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	106x
Core i7-2600Intel $195Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	61x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	48x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	29x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	20x
GTX 550-TiNvidia $250Bench 9%, 54,392 samples	13x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	15x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	9x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	8x

RAM
BL51264BA160A.16FH BL51264BA160A.16FH 8GBUnknownBench 49%, 72 samples	6x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	4x
CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 8GBCorsairBench 48%, 1,087 samples	4x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $826

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $184	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