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

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 73.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	10.6% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	69.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7681
Motherboard	MSI Z68A-GD65 (G3) (MS-7681) (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120221
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 02 '18 at 19:57
Run Duration	282 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	34%

PC Performing below expectations (32^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 (67^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	Memory 91.7 1-Core 90.6 2-Core 170 70% 117 Pts	4-Core 299 8-Core 412 45% 356 Pts	64-Core 432 27% 432 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7750 22,655 User benchmarks, average bench 8% XFX(1682 3246) 1GB CLim: 860 MHz, MLim: 1160 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 18.2.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	10.6% Very poor	Lighting 12.4 Reflection 14.7 Parallax 16 10% 14.4 fps	MRender 12.3 Gravity 11.2 Splatting 17.3 12% 13.6 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 10.6% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 366GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 70 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 43 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 65 52 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 32 (F1) Unknown 99 99 358230078	69.3% Good	Read 364 Write 324 Mixed 296 73% 328 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 55.4 4K Mixed 22 108% 37 MB/s	DQ Read 38.3 DQ Write 87.4 DQ Mixed 23.3 29% 49.7 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 129%
Intel 330 Series 60GB 2,582 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4GB free Firmware: 300i Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st 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 0 0 7284265461037 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 781 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 781 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 458521 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 95 95 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 458521 (F2) Unknown 100 100 201378 (F9) Unknown 100 100 28493	37.4% Below average	Read 203 Write 61 Mixed 109 27% 125 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 56.5 4K Mixed 11.3 83% 31.1 MB/s	DQ Read 24.6 DQ Write 54.8 DQ Mixed 10.5 16% 30 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 67%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$170 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 847GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 199 8142 (03) Spinup time 195 176 5208 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2075 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 24 24 55853 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1465 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 964 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 13 13 563678 (C2) HDA temperature 115 99 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 30 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 30 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 199 30	38.1% Below average	Read 64.5 Write 68 Mixed 21.7 38% 51.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.19 65% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 63%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 710GB free Firmware: CC9E Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 134177144 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1031 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 51 49 528295918784 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 26254 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 741 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 90 42950328330 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 50 488374301 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 523 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 74 74 52338 (C2) HDA temperature 29 50 38654705693 (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 -93175020496707 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1116110796522 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1032573726397	73.2% Very good	Read 118 Write 138 Mixed 94.7 87% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.17 69% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 112%
Seagate ST310005 28AS 1TB 6,973 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 106GB free Firmware: CC35 Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	39.2% Below average	Read 67 Write 69.7 Mixed 80.1 55% 72.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.32 73% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 69%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 93GB free Firmware: 1AG0 Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	19% Very poor	Read 3.44 Write 62.4 Mixed 14.9 20% 26.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.08 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.17 47% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 19% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 16GB 430 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	48.1% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 16.8 MC Mixed 15 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 16.1 SC Mixed 15.6 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 59%

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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 $109Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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