MSI P67A-G45 (MS-7673)

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	81.6% 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	48.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7673
Motherboard	MSI P67A-G45 (MS-7673) (all builds)
Memory	3.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130109
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 09 '21 at 13:51
Run Duration	216 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing below expectations (34^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Memory 89.8 1-Core 87.7 2-Core 193 72% 123 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 377 50% 378 Pts	64-Core 366 23% 366 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.6% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 116 Parallax 103 83% 107 fps	MRender 98.9 Gravity 102 Splatting 88.3 78% 96.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 236GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 34 31 37 43 40 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	48.2% Average	Read 286 Write 348 Mixed 273 SusWrite 36.1 53% 236 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 41.2 4K Mixed 31.9 102% 33.1 MB/s	DQ Read 34.5 DQ Write 71.4 DQ Mixed 45.6 37% 50.5 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 134%
Corsair Force 3 90GB-$242 1,943 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 2GB free Firmware: 5.05 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 136 Write 85.5 Mixed 105 24% 109 MB/s	4K Read 17 4K Write 46.4 4K Mixed 24.9 82% 29.4 MB/s	DQ Read 26.7 DQ Write 78.1 DQ Mixed 27.5 28% 44.1 MB/s
Poor: 30% Great: 56%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 3GB free Firmware: CR100-13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 51 53 60 47 43 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	25.2% Poor	Read 38.7 Write 43.7 Mixed 34.8 SusWrite 48.8 31% 41.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 121% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 25.2% Great: 44%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 22GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 31 32 33 39 37 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	24.3% Poor	Read 49.7 Write 31.9 Mixed 39.4 SusWrite 34.9 29% 39 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.5 83% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 24.3% Great: 68%
WD Blue 2.5" 320GB (2009)-$71 42,987 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 6GB free Firmware: 11.01A11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 44 44 44 44 44 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	25.2% Poor	Read 44 Write 43.7 Mixed 33.1 SusWrite 43.2 30% 41 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 25.2% Great: 41%
WD My Book 1130 2TB 1,666 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 2GB free, PID 1130 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 25 27 26 26 26 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	14% Very poor	Read 29.2 Write 23.4 Mixed 23.7 SusWrite 25.9 34% 25.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 63% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 14% Great: 48%
WD Elements 25A3 12TB 2,705 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 71GB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 26 27 27 28 28 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	26% Poor	Read 31.8 Write 27.4 Mixed 25.4 SusWrite 27.3 38% 28 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 0.8 198% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 26% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-012.A00LF 2x4GB 7,477 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 18.8 MC Mixed 16.4 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 15.7 45% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 54%

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Gaming 35%

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Desktop 74%

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Workstation 27%

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Motherboard: MSI P67A-G45 (MS-7673)

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	86x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	38x
Core i5-2500IntelBench 63%, 82,538 samples	11x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	17x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	15x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	14x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	10x
870 EVO 500GBSamsung $62Bench 104%, 60,851 samples	8x
Trion 150 960GBOCZ $190Bench 89%, 3,375 samples	7x

RAM
CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 8GBCorsairBench 48%, 1,087 samples	8x
Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C8 Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C8 24GBUnknownBench 51%, 6 samples	5x
F3-12800CL9-4GBXL F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 8GBUnknownBench 44%, 1,020 samples	4x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $474

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 $178	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