MSI Z68MA-G45 (B3) (MS-7676)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 40% Speed boat	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (9th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 91 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 relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 30.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	55% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

21 months ago, 21 months ago, 21 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7676
Motherboard	MSI Z68MA-G45 (B3) (MS-7676) (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110624
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 01 '22 at 18:54
Run Duration	231 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-2100-$49 63,701 User benchmarks, average bench 51% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 1.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	30.8% Below average	Memory 58.4 1-Core 13.6 2-Core 33.1 26% 35 Pts	4-Core 24.4 8-Core 7.5 2% 15.9 Pts	64-Core 46.4 3% 46.4 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 511.79 Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	55% Above average	Lighting 71.1 Reflection 81.6 Parallax 71.8 58% 74.8 fps	MRender 54.9 Gravity 73.7 Splatting 53.8 49% 60.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 66%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 476GB free (System drive) Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 26 22 21 29 15 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	20.4% Poor	Read 46.6 Write 45.6 Mixed 38.5 SusWrite 24.5 29% 38.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.4 76% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 20.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5173DB0-CK0 M378B5173DB0-CK0 M378B5173DB0-CK0 M378B5173DB0-CK0 16GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	24.9% Poor	MC Read 11.5 MC Write 9.6 MC Mixed 5.1 25% 8.73 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 7.4 SC Mixed 4.7 18% 6.17 GB/s	Latency 132 30% 132 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 24.9% Great: 58%

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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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Typical Z68MA-G45 (B3) (MS-7676) Builds (Compare 23 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 34%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI Z68MA-G45 (B3) (MS-7676)

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	12x
Core i5-2400Intel $250Bench 61%, 166,255 samples	2x
Core i7-2600Intel $192Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	2x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	5x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	5x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	3x

SSD
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	5x
Ultimate SU800 256GBAdata $54Bench 91%, 40,725 samples	4x
MX100 512GBCrucial $200Bench 88%, 31,545 samples	2x

RAM
9905403-442.A00LF KHX1600C10D3/4G 9905403-442.A00LF KHX1600C10D3/4G 16GBKingstonBench 46%, 30 samples	2x
CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 8GBCorsairBench 48%, 1,087 samples	2x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	1x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $488

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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