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

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7681
Motherboard	MSI Z68A-GD55 (G3) (MS-7681) (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	Цвета: 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130705
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 09 '20 at 21:20
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	UKR-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 93.5 1-Core 128 2-Core 254 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 499 8-Core 497 67% 498 Pts	64-Core 493 30% 493 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.1% Good	Lighting 81.2 Reflection 80.5 Parallax 70.2 66% 77.3 fps	MRender 73.1 Gravity 73.9 Splatting 73 60% 73.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 170GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC4H SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 112 114 76 49 94 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Read 111 Write 115 Mixed 79.3 SusWrite 92.9 74% 99.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 112%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 101GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 55 54 53 53 55 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	34.9% Below average	Read 66.5 Write 79.5 Mixed 57.3 SusWrite 54.5 48% 64.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 180% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 62%
Samsung HD502IJ 500GB-$40 25,285 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 52GB free Firmware: 1AA01117 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 60 59 59 60 59 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	35.3% Below average	Read 62.8 Write 68.5 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 59.4 44% 59.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 187% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-400.A00LF 4x4GB 255 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	61.9% Good	MC Read 21 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 19.8 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 19.5 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 60.9 66% 60.9 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 62%

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

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Typical Z68A-GD55 (G3) (MS-7681) Builds (Compare 75 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	25x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	19x
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	8x
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
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	3x

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