MSI P67A-GD65 (MS-7681)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 42.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Boot Drive	41.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

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

System	MSI MS-7681
Motherboard	MSI P67A-GD65 (MS-7681) (all builds)
Memory	8.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130109
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '17 at 10:38
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	90%

PC Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Celeron G550-$49 1,902 User benchmarks, average bench 48% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	42.3% Average	Memory 68.3 1-Core 47.2 2-Core 75.8 42% 63.8 Pts	4-Core 96.1 8-Core 106 13% 101 Pts	64-Core 109 7% 109 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GT 120GB-$155 13,464 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.3.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 90 90 170353689 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 -105810814281002 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2162 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 119 (B1) Unknown 0 0 13 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 38 71 47249293350 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 170353689 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 170353689 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 170353689 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 26312 (EA) Unknown 0 0 25026 (F1) Unknown 0 0 25026 (F2) Unknown 0 0 18505	41.8% Average	Read 313 Write 134 Mixed 174 45% 207 MB/s	4K Read 17 4K Write 42.9 4K Mixed 12.5 64% 24.1 MB/s	DQ Read 22.6 DQ Write 68.5 DQ Mixed 12.5 19% 34.5 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 83%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 931GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 127 114 6650 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6888 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 28093 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3063 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 855 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 152 152 144107 (C2) HDA temperature 114 91 33 (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	56.3% Above average	Read 99.2 Write 97 Mixed 25.7 54% 74 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.2 75% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 59%
Samsung M3 Portable 2TB 1,824 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 650GB free Firmware: 1402 Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	51% Above average	Read 69.4 Write 109 Mixed 88 67% 88.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.12 4K Write 0.55 4K Mixed 0.07 23% 0.25 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 67%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 420GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 163 159 6816 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5345 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 23287 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4284 (C0) Power-off retract count 196 196 3498 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5337 (C2) HDA temperature 117 89 33 (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 44 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	29% Poor	Read 49.6 Write 51 Mixed 49.7 38% 50.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.36 90% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 29% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 991586 029E CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 8394 991586 029E CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 12GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	38.3% Below average	MC Read 13.9 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 12.6 40% 13.8 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 9.5 SC Mixed 9.2 26% 8.97 GB/s	Latency 105 38% 105 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 53%

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Typical P67A-GD65 (MS-7681) Builds (Compare 473 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 36%

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Desktop 76%

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Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: MSI P67A-GD65 (MS-7681)

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	155x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	153x
Core i7-2600Intel $197Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	50x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	44x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	41x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	40x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	22x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	17x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	15x

RAM
CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 8GBCorsairBench 48%, 1,087 samples	15x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	7x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 22,320 samples	6x

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Value: 56% - Above average

Total price: $555

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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