MSI Z68A-G45 (G3) (MS-7750)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	89.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7750
Motherboard	MSI Z68A-G45 (G3) (MS-7750) (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120515
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '18 at 20:30
Run Duration	253 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Memory 93.8 1-Core 110 2-Core 221 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 563 61% 484 Pts	64-Core 561 35% 561 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$265 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 1426) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Relative performance n/a - GPU benchmark error
Poor: 93% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 240GB-$79 10,862 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: X21200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 15494 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 509 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 32 (A8) Unknown 100 100 219 (A9) Unknown 100 100 589 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 100 (AE) Unknown 100 100 150 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 45 193275101221 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 801 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 26349 (F1) Unknown 253 253 11225 (F2) Unknown 253 253 14511 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	89.1% Excellent	Read 510 Write 352 Mixed 390 93% 417 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 78.9 4K Mixed 26.8 124% 45.9 MB/s	DQ Read 257 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 62.6 90% 170 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 114%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$61 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 127GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 4 (03) Spinup time 179 176 4025 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1396 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3310 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 99 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 189 189 34419 (C2) HDA temperature 115 108 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 20	61.6% Good	Read 110 Write 104 Mixed 97 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.19 80% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 84%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 120GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 72 (03) Spinup time 124 124 25789792561 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4585 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 34 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 12995 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 435 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4587 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4587 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 176095297569 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	71.7% Very good	Read 149 Write 101 Mixed 133 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.18 71% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 108%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 163GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 253 253 9000 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3289 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 32166 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2518 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 273 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3015 (C2) HDA temperature 114 94 38 (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	73.3% Very good	Read 137 Write 118 Mixed 110 91% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.45 4K Mixed 0.43 129% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 85%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 151GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 117 111 7125 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9313 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 27915 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1848 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 144 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 114 114 258043 (C2) HDA temperature 114 99 33 (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	51.2% Above average	Read 86.3 Write 92.6 Mixed 98.9 70% 92.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 0.28 4K Mixed 0.22 50% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 69%
SanDisk Ultra 64GB 3,958 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 58GB free, PID 5590 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	29.2% Poor	Read 132 Write 15.3 Mixed 67.1 73% 71.4 MB/s	4K Read 5.05 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.99 114% 2.61 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 29.2% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 1600G 04CD F3-12800CL9-4GBSR 04CB DDR3 1600G 04CD F3-12800CL9-4GBSR 16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	56.8% Above average	MC Read 19 MC Write 20.1 MC Mixed 18 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 19.4 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 60.3 66% 60.3 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 61%

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Typical Z68A-G45 (G3) (MS-7750) Builds (Compare 44 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 34%

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Desktop 74%

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Workstation 27%

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Motherboard: MSI Z68A-G45 (G3) (MS-7750)

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	25x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	6x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	3x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	8x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	6x
GTX 650-TiNvidia $152Bench 14%, 36,698 samples	5x

SSD
SU650 240GBAdata $70Bench 70%, 47,016 samples	8x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	7x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	3x

RAM
F3-17000CL11-4GBXL F3-17000CL11-4GBXL 8GBUnknownBench 39%, 293 samples	6x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	5x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	2x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $516

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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