MSI P67A-C45 (MS-7673)

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	37.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Very high background CPU (54%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7673
Motherboard	MSI P67A-C45 (MS-7673) (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130109
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 17 '17 at 10:14
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	54%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2320-$165 38,345 User benchmarks, average bench 64% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Memory 93.7 1-Core 88.8 2-Core 175 71% 119 Pts	4-Core 342 8-Core 345 46% 344 Pts	64-Core 345 21% 345 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 142 Reflection 147 173% 144 fps
Poor: 93% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 330 Series 60GB 2,582 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: 300i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -49881749236770 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 483 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 317 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 702531 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 94 94 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 702531 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1025276 (F9) Unknown 100 100 33769	37.7% Below average	Read 413 Write 58 Mixed 86.3 40% 186 MB/s	4K Read 14.9 4K Write 39.6 4K Mixed 8.79 55% 21.1 MB/s	DQ Read 22.8 DQ Write 50.5 DQ Mixed 8.79 15% 27.4 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 67%
Hitachi HDS724040ALE640 4TB-$465 6,270 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 232GB free Firmware: MJAOA580 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 80 (03) Spinup time 155 155 25802572274 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 335 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 34 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 32010 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 204 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1335 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1335 (C2) HDA temperature 142 142 227634839594 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	66% Good	Read 134 Write 96.1 Mixed 134 92% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.16 74% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 91%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 218GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 72 (03) Spinup time 151 151 21500723564 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 231 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 32100 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 209 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 264 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 264 (C2) HDA temperature 153 153 219044904999 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	81% Excellent	Read 137 Write 146 Mixed 153 110% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.2 77% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 107%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 151GB free Firmware: CC52 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 151761704 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1201 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 61 60 1389858 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 39089 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 261 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 67 56 555810849 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 133 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 66 66 68470 (C2) HDA temperature 33 44 90194313249 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -131516193538051 (F1) Unknown 100 253 24637194164 (F2) Unknown 100 253 24631244671	59.2% Above average	Read 101 Write 105 Mixed 119 82% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 0.71 4K Mixed 0.16 48% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 96%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 112GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 23960 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 76 66 7401 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1336 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 54949 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 871 (B5) Unknown 100 100 4649886 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 10 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 60 176094642208 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 4512 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1430	65.9% Good	Read 110 Write 120 Mixed 104 84% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.28 92% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 7,771 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	60.3% Good	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 19.7 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 16.5 SC Mixed 18.2 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 60.6 66% 60.6 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 79%

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Motherboard: MSI P67A-C45 (MS-7673)

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	185x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	38x
Core i7-2600Intel $194Bench 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	24x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	12x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	12x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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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Total price: $474

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