MSI Z68A-GD55 (G3) (MS-7681)

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	31.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7681
Motherboard	MSI Z68A-GD55 (G3) (MS-7681) (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130111
Uptime	11.5 Days
Run Date	Oct 23 '19 at 17:36
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 95 1-Core 111 2-Core 201 80% 136 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 552 60% 476 Pts	64-Core 561 35% 561 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85B6) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 440.97 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.7% Good	Lighting 75 Reflection 77 Parallax 66.9 61% 73 fps	MRender 72.1 Gravity 72.2 Splatting 74.9 60% 73.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force 3 120GB-$109 22,358 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.3.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 69 67 62 70 69 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	31.9% Below average	Read 164 Write 90.3 Mixed 96 SusWrite 67.5 23% 104 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 14.2 4K Mixed 17.3 66% 18.6 MB/s	DQ Read 27.9 DQ Write 14.2 DQ Mixed 18.7 14% 20.3 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 61%
WD WD740GD-00FLA2 74GB 1,363 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 1GB free Firmware: 27.08D27 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 16.5 Write 52.8 Mixed 31 25% 33.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1.1 185% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 19% Great: 39%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 740GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 72 74 82 70 72 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	30.5% Below average	Read 30.5 Write 112 Mixed 31.8 SusWrite 75.3 45% 62.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 152% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 108%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$49 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 3GB free Firmware: 0002SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 45 36 33 37 33 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	25.4% Poor	Read 49.7 Write 44 Mixed 36.8 SusWrite 38.6 31% 42.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 134% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 25.4% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 27,024 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	58.7% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 18.5 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 18.1 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 57.1 70% 57.1 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 63%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 39%

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 32%

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Motherboard: MSI Z68A-GD55 (G3) (MS-7681)

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	24x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	18x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	10x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	14x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	7x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	7x

SSD
M.2 PCIe SSD 512GBSpccBench 203%, 29,096 samples	6x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	4x
M4 128GBCrucial $116Bench 60%, 34,516 samples	3x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	11x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	6x
1866 CL10 Series 2x8GBUnknownBench 54%, 7,244 samples	3x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $519

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 $184	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) $35	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