MSI Z68MA-G45 (B3) (MS-7676)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	15.1% 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	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 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.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7676
Motherboard	MSI Z68MA-G45 (B3) (MS-7676) (all builds)
Memory	7.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110624
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '16 at 05:58
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 above expectations (85^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Memory 89.5 1-Core 88.7 2-Core 178 70% 119 Pts	4-Core 342 8-Core 342 46% 342 Pts	64-Core 341 21% 341 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 560-$180 23,273 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Elitegroup(1019 2036) 1GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 9.18.13.4788 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	15.1% Very poor	Lighting 17.3 Reflection 20.2 Parallax 15.5 14% 17.7 fps	MRender 24.4 Gravity 18.1 Splatting 20.1 17% 20.9 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 15.1% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM01B6Q 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 98 98 5297 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2994 (B1) Unknown 99 99 33 (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 70 59 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 25 (F1) Unknown 99 99 16942418258
Poor: 71% Great: 124%
Seagate ST1500DL001-9VT15L 1.5TB 902 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 140GB free Firmware: CC98 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 74682488 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4614 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 195881881 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 28016 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3420 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 231931772982 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 52 505020444 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 71 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4618 (C2) HDA temperature 28 48 85899345948 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 37 7 74682488 (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 -9762460636138 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3738681233 (F2) Unknown 100 253 103636600	42.1% Average	Read 72.5 Write 74.4 Mixed 23.2 42% 56.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.09 23% 0.17 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Team-Elite-1333 Team-Elite-1333 Team-Elite-1333 Team-Elite-1333 16GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	50% Average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 16.1 49% 17 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 15.6 SC Mixed 16 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 67.9 59% 67.9 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 50%

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Typical Z68MA-G45 (B3) (MS-7676) Builds (Compare 23 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 34%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI Z68MA-G45 (B3) (MS-7676)

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	12x
Core i5-2400Intel $250Bench 61%, 166,255 samples	2x
Core i7-2600Intel $188Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	2x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	5x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	5x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	3x

SSD
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	5x
Ultimate SU800 256GBAdata $54Bench 91%, 40,725 samples	4x
MX100 512GBCrucial $200Bench 88%, 31,545 samples	2x

RAM
9905403-442.A00LF KHX1600C10D3/4G 9905403-442.A00LF KHX1600C10D3/4G 16GBKingstonBench 46%, 30 samples	2x
CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 8GBCorsairBench 48%, 1,087 samples	2x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	1x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $488

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16