MSI P67A-GD65 (MS-7681)

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 46% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 44.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	1.13% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	48.8% 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 (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7681
Motherboard	MSI P67A-GD65 (MS-7681) (all builds)
Memory	7.6 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 11:35
Run Duration	241 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 below expectations (31^st percentile)	44.8% Average	Memory 70 1-Core 64.3 2-Core 103 50% 79.2 Pts	4-Core 115 8-Core 123 16% 119 Pts	64-Core 125 8% 125 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 54%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 7900 GS 538 User benchmarks, average bench 1% XFX(1682 221B) 256MB Ram: 256MB, Driver: 307.74 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.13% Terrible	Lighting 2.1 Reflection 1.35 Parallax 0.5 2% 1.32 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.13% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GT 120GB-$155 13,464 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.3.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 92 92 175699203 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 130541236017879 (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 43 71 47249293355 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 175699203 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 175699203 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 175699203 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 26319 (EA) Unknown 0 0 25034 (F1) Unknown 0 0 25034 (F2) Unknown 0 0 18508	48.8% Average	Read 309 Write 132 Mixed 154 43% 198 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 60.8 4K Mixed 13.3 89% 33.4 MB/s	DQ Read 24.5 DQ Write 96.7 DQ Mixed 13.9 24% 45 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 48.8% 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 (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 127 114 6641 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6889 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 28094 (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 144109 (C2) HDA temperature 111 91 36 (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	58.7% Above average	Read 103 Write 101 Mixed 71.5 69% 92 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.14 72% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 59%
Samsung M3 Portable 2TB 1,824 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 650GB free Firmware: 1402 Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	49.2% Average	Read 77.8 Write 94.2 Mixed 73.5 61% 81.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.15 4K Write 0.42 4K Mixed 0.06 21% 0.21 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 49.2% 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 (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 163 159 6825 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5346 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 23288 (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 5338 (C2) HDA temperature 113 89 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 44 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	29.5% Poor	Read 50.2 Write 52.3 Mixed 50.3 38% 50.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.35 90% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 29.5% 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 as expected (50^th percentile)	44.8% Average	MC Read 15.2 MC Write 17.5 MC Mixed 15.6 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 11.8 SC Mixed 12.1 33% 11.7 GB/s	Latency 101 40% 101 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 44.8% 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%

Battleship

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 $194Bench 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 $94Bench 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: 57% - Above average

Total price: $541

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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