MSI P67A-GD53 (MS-7681)

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.7% 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	72.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

System	MSI MS-7681
Motherboard	MSI P67A-GD53 (MS-7681) (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120307
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 19 '15 at 00:15
Run Duration	261 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Memory 94.1 1-Core 112 2-Core 224 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 440 58% 434 Pts	64-Core 439 27% 439 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4996) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5906 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 122 Parallax 106 93% 114 fps	MRender 98.2 Gravity 105 Splatting 86.5 78% 96.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 730 Series 480GB-$230 5,159 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 404GB free Firmware: L2010420 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (8^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 (05) Reallocated sector count 97 97 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8511 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 68 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 22 (AF) Unknown 100 100 141744996971 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 66 587726881 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 22 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 33 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 17410 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 66 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 169 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 17410 (F2) Unknown 100 100 19285	77% Very good	Read 267 Write 260 Mixed 263 59% 263 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 79.1 4K Mixed 36.3 136% 49 MB/s	DQ Read 200 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 123 112% 171 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 110%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 185GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM04B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (10^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 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 21206 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 180 (B1) Unknown 99 99 27 (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 62 50 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 68 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7557458869	72.5% Very good	Read 267 Write 257 Mixed 264 59% 263 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 73.9 4K Mixed 27.4 124% 44.8 MB/s	DQ Read 206 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 72 89% 157 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 116%
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 109GB free Firmware: 2.22 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 90 90 60134331961 (05) Reallocated sector count 95 95 1950 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -46617575003727 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 233 (AB) Unknown 0 0 963 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 86 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 963 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 60134331961 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1950 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 60134331961 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 60134331961 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 0 0 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1793 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1793 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1793 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3944	46.4% Average	Read 204 Write 5.23 Mixed 147 26% 119 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 97.8 4K Mixed 12.9 109% 45.9 MB/s	DQ Read 177 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 42.5 62% 117 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 61%
Crucial C300-CTFDDAC064MAG 64GB 1,591 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 59GB free Firmware: 0006 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (29^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 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4096 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 35699 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 494 (AA) Unknown 100 100 2 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 2 (AD) Unknown 27 27 3679 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 10350972240740 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 91 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 27 27 73 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	43.4% Average	Read 269 Write 73.9 Mixed 99.2 32% 147 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 56.8 4K Mixed 4.22 82% 30.5 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 74.5 DQ Mixed 17.7 43% 93 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 53%
OCZ SOLID3 120GB 1,720 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 45GB free Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 90 90 7667971 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 -126555506315949 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 428 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 48 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 7667971 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 7667971 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 7667971 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1665 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1332 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1332 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5718	50% Above average	Read 198 Write 99 Mixed 121 31% 139 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 96.9 4K Mixed 14.2 108% 45.5 MB/s	DQ Read 126 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 30 45% 85.9 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBRL F3-12800CL9-4GBRL F3-12800CL9-4GBRL F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 16GB 284 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	60.2% Good	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 18.8 59% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 19.8 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 59.6 67% 59.6 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 60%

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Gaming 36%

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Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: MSI P67A-GD53 (MS-7681)

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	82x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	29x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	5x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	16x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	14x
GTX 760Nvidia $209Bench 26%, 161,132 samples	12x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	15x
A400 120GBKingston $28Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	8x
MX100 512GBCrucial $200Bench 88%, 31,545 samples	5x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	8x
JM1333KLN-4G JM1333KLH-4G JM1333KLN-4G JM1333KLH-4G 16GBTranscendBench 44%, 50 samples	4x
CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 8GBCorsairBench 48%, 1,087 samples	4x

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Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $546

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	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