MSI Z68A-GD65 (G3) (MS-7681)

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 68.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	77.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	45.6% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7681
Motherboard	MSI Z68A-GD65 (G3) (MS-7681) (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 28 '21 at 18:25
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570K-$136 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	68.3% Good	Memory 80.9 1-Core 105 2-Core 210 74% 132 Pts	4-Core 316 8-Core 359 44% 338 Pts	64-Core 370 23% 370 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.92 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.7% Very good	Lighting 94 Reflection 154 Parallax 89.5 77% 112 fps	MRender 96.2 Gravity 97 Splatting 98.2 80% 97.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Z400s 128GB-$109 10,807 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z2333000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 77 82 87 87 85 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	45.6% Average	Read 412 Write 159 Mixed 168 SusWrite 82 45% 205 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 52.2 4K Mixed 8.5 73% 27.9 MB/s	DQ Read 26.2 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 9.7 26% 51.9 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 71%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 370GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 68 70 69 65 71 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	41.8% Average	Read 79.3 Write 86.6 Mixed 56.1 SusWrite 66 53% 72 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 51%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 212GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 85 87 87 87 85 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	58.8% Above average	Read 120 Write 111 Mixed 52.8 SusWrite 85.3 67% 92.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 88%
WD WD10JPCX-24UE4T0 1TB 40,989 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 345GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 68 71 70 67 71 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	45.9% Average	Read 93.3 Write 75.6 Mixed 49.5 SusWrite 66.3 52% 71.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 121% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M2F8G64CB8HC5N-DI 16GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	56.4% Above average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 17.7 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 16.9 SC Mixed 16.3 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 78.9 51% 78.9 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 58%

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Typical Z68A-GD65 (G3) (MS-7681) Builds (Compare 165 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 38%

Jet ski

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 31%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI Z68A-GD65 (G3) (MS-7681)

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	63x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	41x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	16x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	21x
HD 3000 (Desktop V1 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 8,807 samples	11x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	10x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	11x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	5x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	5x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	10x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	10x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 50%, 23,732 samples	5x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $599

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 $177	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