MSI Z68MA-ED55 (MS-7676)

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	21.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	60.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	MSI MS-7676
Motherboard	MSI Z68MA-ED55 (MS-7676) (all builds)
Memory	4.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120111
Uptime	3.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 11 '16 at 23:40
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Memory 96.1 1-Core 115 2-Core 230 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 457 61% 457 Pts	64-Core 457 28% 457 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Asus(1043 8422) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5382 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	21.8% Poor	Lighting 26.2 Reflection 25 Parallax 31 21% 27.4 fps	MRender 34.4 Gravity 23.8 Splatting 26 23% 28.1 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.8% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GS 240GB-$261 4,179 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 117GB free Firmware: 5.20 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 5321281 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 16896401346318 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3303 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 32 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 26 35 73016737818 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5321281 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5321281 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5321281 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 784 (EA) Unknown 0 0 597 (F1) Unknown 0 0 597 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1703	75.9% Very good	Read 518 Write 256 Mixed 294 78% 356 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 54 4K Mixed 17.7 96% 33.8 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 232 DQ Mixed 84.7 109% 197 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 93%
Corsair Force GS 180GB-$134 623 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 102 5358694 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 69045894257163 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4561 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 121 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 77312032795 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5358694 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5358694 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5358694 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 7998 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8045 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8045 (F2) Unknown 0 0 12585	60.3% Good	Read 471 Write 136 Mixed 203 59% 270 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 45.8 4K Mixed 16.9 81% 28.5 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 173 DQ Mixed 66.3 87% 159 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CML8GX3M2A1600C9 CML8GX3M2A1600C9 8GB 298 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	63% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 20 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 19.7 54% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 53.5 75% 53.5 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 62%

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Typical Z68MA-ED55 (MS-7676) Builds (Compare 39 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

Motherboard: MSI Z68MA-ED55 (MS-7676)

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	9x
Core i7-2600Intel $192Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	7x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	6x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	7x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	6x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	4x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	3x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	3x
Agility 3 120GBOCZ $102Bench 49%, 38,562 samples	2x

RAM
CMX8GX3M2B1600C9 830B M2F4G64CB88D7N-DI 029E CMX8GX3M2B1600C9 830B M2F4G64CB88D7N-DI 16GBUnknownBench 46%, 7 samples	3x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 31%, 37,489 samples	2x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 22,320 samples	2x

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Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $385

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 $184	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