MSI P67A-C43 (MS-7673)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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.

System	MSI MS-7673
Motherboard	MSI P67A-C43 (MS-7673) (all builds)
Memory	20 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110414
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 10 '20 at 01:21
Run Duration	118 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Memory 95.5 1-Core 113 2-Core 228 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 450 60% 449 Pts	64-Core 451 28% 451 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 1972) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1481 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 442.50 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	Lighting 68 Reflection 70.5 Parallax 63.3 55% 67.3 fps	MRender 74.6 Gravity 63.7 Splatting 56 52% 64.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST31000520AS 1TB-$250 11,608 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 265GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 52 46 26 55 59 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	37.1% Below average	Read 83.3 Write 93.8 Mixed 49.3 SusWrite 45.8 50% 68.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 150% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 62%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 775GB free Firmware: JC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 54 48 35 56 60 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	47.6% Average	Read 117 Write 113 Mixed 62 SusWrite 48.8 63% 85.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 163% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX F3-1600C9-8GXM KHX1600C9D3/4GX F3-1600C9-8GXM 24GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	61% Good	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 19.5 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 19.1 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 55.4 72% 55.4 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 61%

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

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Typical P67A-C43 (MS-7673) Builds (Compare 305 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 36%

Jet ski

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 28%

Raft

Motherboard: MSI P67A-C43 (MS-7673) - $300

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	106x
Core i7-2600Intel $187Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	61x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	48x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	29x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	20x
GTX 550-TiNvidia $250Bench 9%, 54,392 samples	13x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	15x
MX500 1TBCrucial $80Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	9x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	8x

RAM
BL51264BA160A.16FH BL51264BA160A.16FH 8GBUnknownBench 49%, 72 samples	6x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	4x
CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 8GBCorsairBench 48%, 1,087 samples	4x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $826

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	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 $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $23	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16