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

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 76.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	21.9% 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)
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.

Very high background CPU (34%). 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	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110825
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 13 '16 at 13:58
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	34%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	76.7% Very good	Memory 91.9 1-Core 91.1 2-Core 180 72% 121 Pts	4-Core 356 8-Core 357 48% 357 Pts	64-Core 360 22% 360 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6950-$290 24,657 User benchmarks, average bench 19% MSI(1462 2461) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	21.9% Poor	Lighting 27.5 Reflection 22.7 Parallax 25.3 22% 25.2 fps	MRender 22.4 Gravity 23.1 Splatting 29.3 21% 24.9 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.9% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 124GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2761 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 547 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (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 61 50 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 21 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3074013106
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 83464288 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 422 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2605751 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1981 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 415 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 62 55 639959078 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 54 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 21664 (C2) HDA temperature 38 45 103079215142 (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 69814693397321 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6642414260 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2472844616	103% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 183 Mixed 170 133% 176 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.22 76% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 114%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB-$60 30,974 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 110GB free Firmware: 1AA01117 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 82 82 6250 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4430 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 10400 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 17454 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3732 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 52 522125343 (C2) HDA temperature 68 51 538902560 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 88966 (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 100 100 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	39.2% Below average	Read 62.4 Write 74 Mixed 82.1 55% 72.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.33 89% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-439.A00LF 9905403-439.A00LF 8GB 65 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	29.8% Poor	MC Read 9.4 MC Write 9.5 MC Mixed 8.6 26% 9.17 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 9.6 SC Mixed 9 27% 9.3 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 62%

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Typical Z68A-G43 (G3) (MS-7750) Builds (Compare 135 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 54%

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Desktop 74%

Battleship

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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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $379

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 $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 $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