MSI P67A-G45 (MS-7673)

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 13% 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 an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	11.2% 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	70.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

System	MSI MS-7673
Motherboard	MSI P67A-G45 (MS-7673) (all builds)
Memory	3.7 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110214
Uptime	12.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '21 at 03:16
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	3%

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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 96.3 1-Core 115 2-Core 230 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 443 60% 445 Pts	64-Core 444 28% 444 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 460-$203 31,648 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Nvidia(10DE 0804) 768MB CLim: 675 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 768MB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	11.2% Very poor	Lighting 13.4 Reflection 7.3 Parallax 13.2 11% 11.3 fps	MRender 15.9 Gravity 14.7 Splatting 12.8 12% 14.5 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 11.2% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 250GB-$39 77,177 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 149GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 217 221 217 220 217 217 MB/s Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	70.5% Very good	Read 233 Write 222 Mixed 225 SusWrite 218 51% 225 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 63.8 4K Mixed 43.9 144% 47.7 MB/s	DQ Read 41 DQ Write 87.2 DQ Mixed 53.4 44% 60.5 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 123%
Corsair Force GT 60GB 1,562 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 22GB free Firmware: 1.3.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 75 77 73 74 72 MB/s Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	49.9% Average	Read 207 Write 82.5 Mixed 118 SusWrite 74.7 27% 120 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 69.2 4K Mixed 29.2 112% 41.2 MB/s	DQ Read 33.5 DQ Write 82.2 DQ Mixed 39.1 35% 51.6 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 212GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 85 84 75 85 83 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	46.3% Average	Read 78.6 Write 87.9 Mixed 57.7 SusWrite 82.5 56% 76.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 68%
Ext Hard Disk 2TB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 307GB free, PID 000a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 27 28 28 28 28 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	14.5% Very poor	Read 31.9 Write 24.5 Mixed 23.9 SusWrite 27.6 36% 27 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 64% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 14.5% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600EL Series 1600EL Series 1600EL Series 1600EL Series 12GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.2% Good	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 19 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 20.1 SC Mixed 18.4 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 53 75% 53 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 60%

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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 $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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16