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

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	21.4% 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	41.6% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	MSI MS-7681
Motherboard	MSI Z68A-GD65 (G3) (MS-7681) (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1280 x 720 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120816
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '16 at 17:11
Run Duration	1533 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Memory 89.7 1-Core 99.2 2-Core 194 74% 128 Pts	4-Core 329 8-Core 469 50% 399 Pts	64-Core 455 28% 455 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6950-$290 24,657 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Sapphire(174B 186B) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	21.4% Poor	Lighting 27.3 Reflection 21.3 Parallax 24 22% 24.2 fps	MRender 20.9 Gravity 21.8 Splatting 27.7 20% 23.5 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.4% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 512GB-$129 14,996 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 424GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM05B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^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 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 15837 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1329 (B1) Unknown 95 95 176 (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 73 56 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 598 (F1) Unknown 99 99 35128817156	41.6% Average	Read 278 Write 128 Mixed 160 42% 189 MB/s	4K Read 20.2 4K Write 34.4 4K Mixed 16.4 70% 23.7 MB/s	DQ Read 25.4 DQ Write 44.1 DQ Mixed 16.8 18% 28.8 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 118%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 20GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 168 6341 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1372 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7934 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 495 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 228 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 149 149 154394 (C2) HDA temperature 122 101 28 (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	43.6% Average	Read 74.4 Write 76.9 Mixed 56.6 52% 69.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 2.31 4K Mixed 0.26 106% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 13GB free Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 1488 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5409 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 288 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 12915154963 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 12104 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1631 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 46 437256217 (C2) HDA temperature 25 54 34359738393 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 32 27 1488 (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 -85250805847567 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2669722635 (F2) Unknown 100 253 26975796	40.6% Average	Read 72.1 Write 69.2 Mixed 29.8 42% 57 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 0.74 4K Mixed 0.53 103% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 88%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$130 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 11GB free Firmware: AR13 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 44913016 (03) Spinup time 90 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 724 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 4637411697 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5609 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 316 (B7) Unknown 95 95 5 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 87 1773848560030 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 49 504365086 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 611 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1751 (C2) HDA temperature 30 51 30064771102 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 112 99 44913016 (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 56800942494562 (F1) Unknown 100 253 26018874990 (F2) Unknown 100 253 72033255836
Poor: 21% Great: 87%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 8GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 170 8100 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1235 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6009 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 343 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 178 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 164 164 110357 (C2) HDA temperature 121 107 31 (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 1 48779 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	73% Very good	Read 129 Write 125 Mixed 91.2 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.26 94% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 83%
WD Black 4TB (2012)-$323 4,113 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 6GB free Firmware: 01.01L01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 152 135 11383 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2543 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16346 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1225 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 521 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2021 (C2) HDA temperature 117 95 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	77.4% Very good	Read 141 Write 129 Mixed 118 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.35 96% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 93%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 5GB free Firmware: CC37 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 107069709 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9447 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 4530853956 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 19074 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2704 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 60 60 40 (BC) Unknown 100 99 7 (BD) vendor-specific 77 77 23 (BE) vendor-specific 75 50 437256217 (C2) HDA temperature 25 50 30064771097 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 31 26 107069709 (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 107146549158613 (F1) Unknown 100 253 274629140 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1323011612	41.5% Average	Read 68.9 Write 75.5 Mixed 22.4 41% 55.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.28 69% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 70%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 171 6233 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5245 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 19784 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1536 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 642 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 115 115 255945 (C2) HDA temperature 122 94 28 (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	14.6% Very poor	Read 23.3 Write 27.1 Mixed 27.3 20% 25.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.19 64% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 14.6% Great: 83%
JetFlash Transcend 16GB 14,782 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 10GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	8.08% Terrible	Read 27.2 Write 8.58 Mixed 7.15 14% 14.3 MB/s	4K Read 5.89 4K Write 0.28 4K Mixed 0.02 32% 2.06 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 8.08% Great: 33%
Sony PRS-505/UC 0GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 1% 0GB free, PID 031e Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	0.55% Terrible	Read 1.85 Write 0.73 Mixed 1.3 2% 1.29 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.009 2% 0.13 MB/s
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.55% Great: 1%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 20,667 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.4% Average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 15.5 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 15.4 43% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 67.6 59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 77%

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Gaming 38%

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Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 31%

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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 $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 $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