MSI Z68A-G43 (G3) (MS-7750)

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 75.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	22.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	83.6% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7750
Motherboard	MSI Z68A-G43 (G3) (MS-7750) (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110916
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 25 '16 at 11:21
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2400-$250 166,255 User benchmarks, average bench 61% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	Memory 93.8 1-Core 86.2 2-Core 173 70% 118 Pts	4-Core 334 8-Core 331 45% 333 Pts	64-Core 333 21% 333 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7850-$174 49,592 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Sapphire(174B E221) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.150.2211.0 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	22.9% Poor	Lighting 27.8 Reflection 29.7 Parallax 32.9 23% 30.2 fps	MRender 26 Gravity 22 Splatting 34.8 23% 27.6 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 22.9% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1584 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 826 (B1) Unknown 99 99 11 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 57 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 12 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5022090911	83.6% Excellent	Read 511 Write 414 Mixed 341 94% 422 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 50.5 4K Mixed 21.9 108% 35.8 MB/s	DQ Read 194 DQ Write 69.9 DQ Mixed 43.4 55% 102 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 124%
Toshiba DT01ABA300 3TB 5,677 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 200GB free Firmware: MZ6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 144 144 81 (03) Spinup time 135 135 34386280853 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1368 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 138 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2849 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1368 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1370 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1370 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 180389281827 (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	49.9% Average	Read 83.4 Write 90.3 Mixed 92 67% 88.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.18 74% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 88%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 14GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 71 67 9018 (04) Start/Stop count 84 84 16988 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10998 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4700 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 71 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 56 188979150882 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 16998	69.3% Good	Read 88.5 Write 153 Mixed 76.4 79% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 3.62 4K Mixed 0.64 167% 1.65 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 10GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 125692536 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1221 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 7212719 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2397 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1219 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 65 57 588578851 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 65 65 71084 (C2) HDA temperature 35 43 38654705699 (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 -64819646428889 (F1) Unknown 100 253 19600626819 (F2) Unknown 100 253 11447598523	63.5% Good	Read 126 Write 95.8 Mixed 88.3 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.19 73% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G 8GB 73 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 20.6 MC Mixed 17.2 55% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 15.8 SC Mixed 16.2 45% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 60.3 66% 60.3 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 56%

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Workstation 42%

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Motherboard: MSI Z68A-G43 (G3) (MS-7750)

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	41x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	16x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	11x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	13x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	8x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	8x

SSD
PLUS 120GBSandiskBench 43%, 16,974 samples	8x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	6x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	6x

RAM
9905471-074.A00LF 99U5471-054.A00LF 16GBKingstonBench 55%, 75 samples	6x
Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 52%, 16,472 samples	4x
KHX1600C9D3/4GX 8502 PSD34G13332 8GBKingstonBench 51%, 13 samples	4x

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Total price: $379

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