MSI P67A-GD53 (MS-7681)

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 61.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
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	37.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7681
Motherboard	MSI P67A-GD53 (MS-7681) (all builds)
Memory	8.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120716
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 21 '17 at 19:35
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing below expectations (36^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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	61.2% Good	Memory 82.4 1-Core 84.7 2-Core 167 66% 111 Pts	4-Core 229 8-Core 258 32% 243 Pts	64-Core 285 18% 285 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% PowerColor(148C 2336) 2GB CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1425 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.5.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	30.8% Below average	Lighting 39 Reflection 35 Parallax 47.2 32% 40.4 fps	MRender 31 Gravity 32.5 Splatting 39.9 29% 34.5 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT07B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14297 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2731 (B1) Unknown 83 83 203 (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 64 58 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 63 (F1) Unknown 99 99 31139319505	37.1% Below average	Read 291 Write 50.8 Mixed 49.2 28% 130 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 48.7 4K Mixed 8.89 72% 26.8 MB/s	DQ Read 26.3 DQ Write 57.3 DQ Mixed 9.12 16% 30.9 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 73%
Samsung HD322GJ 320GB 9,769 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 60GB free Firmware: 1AR10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 76 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 85 76 4847 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3809 (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 24600 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 2 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3852 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 725 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 54 197569019936 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 70 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 2 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 3868	60.9% Good	Read 87.4 Write 125 Mixed 97.7 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.27 68% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 81%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 04CD F3-12800CL9-4GBXL KHX1600C9D3/4GX 04CD F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 16GB 108 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	44.3% Average	MC Read 15.1 MC Write 16.4 MC Mixed 14.4 44% 15.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.9 SC Write 13.5 SC Mixed 12.7 35% 12.4 GB/s	Latency 76.2 52% 76.2 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 62%

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

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Gaming 36%

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Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: MSI P67A-GD53 (MS-7681)

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	82x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	29x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	5x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	16x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	14x
GTX 760Nvidia $209Bench 26%, 161,132 samples	12x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	15x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	8x
MX100 512GBCrucial $200Bench 88%, 31,545 samples	5x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	8x
JM1333KLN-4G JM1333KLH-4G JM1333KLN-4G JM1333KLH-4G 16GBTranscendBench 44%, 50 samples	4x
CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 8GBCorsairBench 48%, 1,087 samples	4x

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Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $546

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16