MSI Z68A-GD80 (B3) (MS-7672)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 9%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics7.16% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMSI MS-7672
MotherboardMSI Z68A-GD80 (B3) (MS-7672)  (all builds)
Memory9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20120718
Uptime3.2 Days
Run DateOct 27 '20 at 23:38
Run Duration166 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU1%

 PC Performing above expectations (76th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
85.2% Excellent
Memory 95.2
1-Core 115
2-Core 230
84% 147 Pts
4-Core 434
8-Core 446
59% 440 Pts
64-Core 442
27% 442 Pts
Poor: 44%
This bench: 85.2%
Great: 79%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD FirePro V4900-$150
Dell(1028 240A) 1GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1045.0
Performing as expected (57th percentile)
7.16% Terrible
Lighting 9.13
Reflection 8.92
Parallax 7.12
7% 8.39 fps
MRender 8.76
Gravity 6.43
Splatting 8.83
7% 8.01 fps
Poor: 6%
This bench: 7.16%
Great: 7%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130
284GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RVT02B6Q
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 5,836
Write 5,443
Mixed 5,435
1,244% 5,572 MB/s
4K Read 277
4K Write 162
4K Mixed 190
748% 210 MB/s
DQ Read 994
DQ Write 834
DQ Mixed 871
664% 900 MB/s
Poor: 81% Great: 133%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 6TB
2TB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 163 164 170 171 163 MB/s
Performing as expected (52nd percentile)
92.6% Outstanding
Read 154
Write 187
Mixed 65.4
SusWrite 167
104% 144 MB/s
4K Read 5.4
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 1.3
414% 3.03 MB/s
Poor: 38%
This bench: 92.6%
Great: 164%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 5TB
316GB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 176 175 151 150 152 MB/s
Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)
93.5% Outstanding
Read 162
Write 161
Mixed 57.3
SusWrite 162
99% 136 MB/s
4K Read 4.5
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 1.4
386% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 50%
This bench: 93.5%
Great: 128%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1866 C11 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
69.9% Good
MC Read 24.2
MC Write 26.4
MC Mixed 22.3
69% 24.3 GB/s
SC Read 18.8
SC Write 21
SC Mixed 22.1
59% 20.6 GB/s
Latency 56.6
71% 56.6 ns
Poor: 46%
This bench: 69.9%
Great: 70%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z68A-GD80 (B3) (MS-7672) Builds (Compare 17 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 27%
Raft
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 23%
Surfboard

Motherboard: MSI Z68A-GD80 (B3) (MS-7672)

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 52% - Above average Total price: $631
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