MSI P67A-C45 (MS-7673)

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 72%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	8.02% 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.
Boot Drive	50.2% 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.

Very high background CPU (90%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7673
Motherboard	MSI P67A-C45 (MS-7673) (all builds)
Memory	8.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111004
Uptime	16.7 Days
Run Date	May 01 '17 at 15:03
Run Duration	228 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	90%

PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	72% Very good	Memory 98.8 1-Core 70.2 2-Core 130 64% 99.5 Pts	4-Core 264 8-Core 265 35% 264 Pts	64-Core 326 20% 326 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 25,436 User benchmarks, average bench 7% MSI(1462 2366) 1GB CLim: 783 MHz, MLim: 902 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	8.02% Terrible	Lighting 9.37 Reflection 11.2 Parallax 7.94 8% 9.49 fps	MRender 12.2 Gravity 9.6 Splatting 10.5 9% 10.8 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.02% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 313GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q 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 99 99 1396 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 166 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 64 59 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2030080882	46.9% Average	Read 235 Write 215 Mixed 221 50% 224 MB/s	4K Read 14.7 4K Write 43.9 4K Mixed 20 71% 26.2 MB/s	DQ Read 31.7 DQ Write 74.2 DQ Mixed 23.1 26% 43 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 124%
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10721 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2349 (B1) Unknown 94 94 217 (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 68 52 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 949 (F1) Unknown 99 99 44905387699	50.2% Above average	Read 400 Write 264 Mixed 208 64% 290 MB/s	4K Read 14.2 4K Write 34.8 4K Mixed 11.9 55% 20.3 MB/s	DQ Read 21.7 DQ Write 51.9 DQ Mixed 11.6 16% 28.4 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 86%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 179 176 8025 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1052 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1959 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 240 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2654 (C2) HDA temperature 115 102 37 (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	68% Good	Read 118 Write 119 Mixed 99.3 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.28 105% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 87%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$90 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 899GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 173 5975 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5673 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9645 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1751 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 176 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5496 (C2) HDA temperature 114 103 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	43.6% Average	Read 78.4 Write 73.4 Mixed 69.3 55% 73.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.18 71% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 88%
Generic- SD/MMC 64GB 78 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 3GB free, PID 6377 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	18.7% Very poor	Read 33.1 Write 26.1 Mixed 24.9 35% 28 MB/s	4K Read 4.25 4K Write 2.33 4K Mixed 1.37 142% 2.65 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 18.7% Great: 24%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBSR2 F3-12800CL9-4GBSR2 F3-12800CL9-4GBSR2 F3-12800CL9-4GBSR2 16GB 35 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	53.8% Above average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 18.8 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 6.1 SC Write 6.7 SC Mixed 8.6 20% 7.13 GB/s	Latency 42 95% 42 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 61%

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Gaming 35%

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Desktop 75%

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Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: MSI P67A-C45 (MS-7673)

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	184x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	38x
Core i7-2600Intel $197Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	29x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	44x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	26x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	23x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	12x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	12x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	11x

RAM
CMX8GX3M2B1600C9 CMX8GX3M2B1600C9 8GBCorsairBench 51%, 137 samples	9x
CML16GX3M2A1600C10 CML16GX3M2A1600C10 16GBCorsairBench 48%, 91 samples	8x
KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G 16GBKingstonBench 50%, 248 samples	8x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $474

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16