MSI P67A-G45 (MS-7673)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	90.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	45.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7673
Motherboard	MSI P67A-G45 (MS-7673) (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110331
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 05 '18 at 01:46
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (60^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Memory 95.4 1-Core 90.7 2-Core 180 73% 122 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 344 47% 351 Pts	64-Core 349 22% 349 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% AMD(1002 0B36) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Lighting 112 Reflection 88.2 Parallax 159 91% 120 fps	MRender 85.3 Gravity 113 Splatting 125 90% 108 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB (2017)-$135 28,136 User benchmarks, average bench 121% 135GB free Firmware: B35500WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 1,227 Write 217 Mixed 216 118% 553 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 61.6 4K Mixed 16.6 105% 37.3 MB/s	DQ Read 216 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 43.4 71% 138 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 144%
Spcc Solid State Disk 120GB 22,489 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 112GB free Firmware: SAFM11.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 58 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 40 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 148 (AD) Unknown 100 100 65542 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 22 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 170	52.9% Above average	Read 245 Write 235 Mixed 219 52% 233 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 63.9 4K Mixed 12.5 91% 34.5 MB/s	DQ Read 30.7 DQ Write 89.8 DQ Mixed 15.2 25% 45.2 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 83%
Intel 530 Series 180GB 4,011 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 110784386437294 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 884 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 93 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 29 47 47247720477 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 93 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 311790 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 53 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 95 95 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 311790 (F2) Unknown 100 100 364136 (F9) Unknown 100 100 39575	45.4% Average	Read 202 Write 177 Mixed 184 42% 187 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 56.3 4K Mixed 10.8 84% 31.3 MB/s	DQ Read 29.6 DQ Write 78.7 DQ Mixed 11.7 21% 40 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 82%
WD Black 750GB (2008)-$140 11,698 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 435GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 172 4241 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5768 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 29866 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1548 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 303 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5464 (C2) HDA temperature 118 101 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	53.4% Above average	Read 96.2 Write 89.8 Mixed 67.7 63% 84.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.47 116% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 65%
WD Black 750GB (2008)-$140 11,698 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 802GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1888 (03) Spinup time 175 174 4225 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1718 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 59 59 29931 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1565 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 324 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1393 (C2) HDA temperature 116 98 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 199 199 194 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 29 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 99 88 20234	62.2% Good	Read 102 Write 115 Mixed 34 61% 83.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.29 89% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL9 Series 1600 CL9 Series 1600 CL9 Series 1600 CL9 Series 16GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	57.6% Above average	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 18.2 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 16.7 SC Mixed 17.9 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 55.9 72% 55.9 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 58%

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Gaming 35%

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Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 27%

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Motherboard: MSI P67A-G45 (MS-7673)

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	86x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	38x
Core i5-2500IntelBench 63%, 82,538 samples	11x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	17x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	15x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	14x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	10x
870 EVO 500GBSamsung $62Bench 104%, 60,851 samples	8x
Trion 150 960GBOCZ $190Bench 89%, 3,375 samples	7x

RAM
CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 8GBCorsairBench 48%, 1,087 samples	8x
Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C8 Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C8 24GBUnknownBench 51%, 6 samples	5x
F3-12800CL9-4GBXL F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 8GBUnknownBench 44%, 1,020 samples	4x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $474

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16