MSI Z68A-G45 (B3) (MS-7750)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 72.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	54.4% 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.

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System	MSI MS-7750
Motherboard	MSI Z68A-G45 (B3) (MS-7750) (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110725
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 02 '17 at 00:26
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600-$195 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	72.4% Very good	Memory 92.7 1-Core 89.6 2-Core 167 70% 116 Pts	4-Core 283 8-Core 420 44% 352 Pts	64-Core 446 28% 446 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3979) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 385.28 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.4% Above average	Lighting 67.6 Reflection 71 Parallax 63.1 55% 67.2 fps	MRender 73.8 Gravity 63.3 Splatting 59.7 53% 65.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 143 138 11808 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 826 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7316 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 824 (10) Unknown 18 182 320128307259 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 815 (C2) HDA temperature 108 105 44 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	63.2% Good	Read 154 Write 65.9 Mixed 102 81% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 2.94 4K Mixed 0.28 107% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 100%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 354GB free (System drive) Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 173 4108 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2542 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18627 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2489 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 33 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2508 (C2) HDA temperature 105 99 42 (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	48.4% Average	Read 99.7 Write 68.8 Mixed 67.9 59% 78.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.41 89% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBRL F3-12800CL9-4GBRL F3-12800CL9-4GBRL F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 16GB 284 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	54.1% Above average	MC Read 19.1 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 17.1 53% 18.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 16.4 SC Mixed 17.4 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 60%

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Typical Z68A-G45 (B3) (MS-7750) Builds (Compare 19 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

Motherboard: MSI Z68A-G45 (B3) (MS-7750)

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	6x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	4x
Core i7-2600Intel $195Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	4x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	3x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	3x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	2x

SSD
CS900 240GBPNY $20Bench 73%, 61,417 samples	3x
Raid 0 Volume 960GBIntelBench 127%, 3,595 samples	3x
840 120GBSamsung $109Bench 61%, 51,792 samples	2x

RAM
F3-14900CL9-4GBSR F3-14900CL9-4GBSR F3-14900CL9-4GBSR F3-14900CL9-4GBSR 16GBUnknownBench 46%, 65 samples	3x
99U5471-020.A00LF 99U5471-020.A00LF 99U5471-020.A00LF 99U5471-020.A00LF 16GBKingstonBench 49%, 68 samples	3x
1333EL Series 1333EL Series 8GBUnknownBench 37%, 275 samples	1x

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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $325

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $40	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