MSI P67A-GD65 (MS-7681)

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	108% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	46.9% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7681
Motherboard	MSI P67A-GD65 (MS-7681) (all builds)
Memory	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120307
Uptime	9.5 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '17 at 07:14
Run Duration	265 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (56^th 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, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Memory 96.8 1-Core 111 2-Core 213 82% 140 Pts	4-Core 357 8-Core 515 55% 436 Pts	64-Core 516 32% 516 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 146 Parallax 126 117% 138 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 136 Splatting 107 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 179GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12592 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 65 (B1) Unknown 99 99 9 (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 74 64 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 37 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9078364502	103% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 413 Mixed 419 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 71.6 4K Mixed 40.8 149% 50.4 MB/s	DQ Read 261 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 118 124% 205 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 134%
Intel 535 Series 120GB-$75 5,451 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: RG20 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4595 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 83 (AA) Unknown 66 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 33 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 28 100 64426737692 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 33 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 263394 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 50 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 66 100 0 (E9) Unknown 38 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 263394 (F2) Unknown 100 100 261283 (F9) Unknown 100 100 105637	46.9% Average	Read 322 Write 138 Mixed 146 44% 202 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 35.9 4K Mixed 10.2 65% 22.6 MB/s	DQ Read 190 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 44.6 62% 116 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 87%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 58GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 23445 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 146 (B1) Unknown 97 97 31 (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 61 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 98 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13942063824	85% Excellent	Read 505 Write 348 Mixed 353 89% 402 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 54.7 4K Mixed 21.4 108% 36.7 MB/s	DQ Read 321 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 48.7 94% 191 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 118%
Inateck ASM1153E 1TB 211 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 836GB free Firmware: 0 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 163 Mixed 147 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 1.22 4K Write 2.62 4K Mixed 0.31 134% 1.38 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 107%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 148GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 173 2266 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 106 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12436 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 59 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 38 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 141 (C2) HDA temperature 117 111 26 (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	64.3% Good	Read 129 Write 95.4 Mixed 94.8 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 2.08 4K Mixed 0.24 85% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 108%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 51GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 229 1108 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2842 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 31 31 50642 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 350 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 246 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2592 (C2) HDA temperature 118 108 32 (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	53.3% Above average	Read 112 Write 73.7 Mixed 54 59% 79.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.32 90% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 76%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 588GB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	37.3% Below average	Read 86.2 Write 88.3 Mixed 80.9 110% 85.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.22 70% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-1866C9-8GSR F3-1866C9-8GSR 16GB 63 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1867, 1867 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	62.4% Good	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 19.8 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 19.9 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 51.2 78% 51.2 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 62%

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Gaming 36%

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Desktop 76%

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Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: MSI P67A-GD65 (MS-7681)

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	155x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	153x
Core i7-2600Intel $188Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	50x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	44x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	41x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	40x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	22x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	17x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	15x

RAM
CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 8GBCorsairBench 48%, 1,087 samples	15x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	7x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 22,320 samples	6x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $541

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16