MSI Z68A-GD80 (G3) (MS-7672)

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


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 82.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	98.4% 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	90.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7672
Motherboard	MSI Z68A-GD80 (G3) (MS-7672) (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130109
Uptime	6.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 16 '18 at 00:44
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	17%

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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 i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Memory 95.7 1-Core 110 2-Core 219 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 555 58% 463 Pts	64-Core 558 34% 558 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.4% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 149 Parallax 138 100% 136 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 130 Splatting 109 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 163GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0AB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12892 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2940 (B1) Unknown 97 97 28 (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 71 62 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 305 (F1) Unknown 99 99 52824957215	90.2% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 353 Mixed 357 90% 405 MB/s	4K Read 41.5 4K Write 59.4 4K Mixed 27.8 130% 42.9 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 153 DQ Mixed 83.1 98% 173 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 126%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 429GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8616 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8787 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12871 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2861 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 169 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8617 (C2) HDA temperature 120 112 32 (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	80.9% Excellent	Read 158 Write 123 Mixed 120 100% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.68 4K Mixed 0.47 137% 1.34 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 85%
Samsung M3 Portable 1TB 17,632 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 325GB free, PID 61b6 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	34.3% Below average	Read 76 Write 83.8 Mixed 73.4 101% 77.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.28 66% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 42%
Kingston DT HyperX 3.0 248GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 101GB free, PID 162b Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Read 254 Write 166 Mixed 147 224% 189 MB/s	4K Read 7.41 4K Write 0.92 4K Mixed 0.74 84% 3.02 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 4,489 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	64.2% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 21 62% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 20.4 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 55 73% 55 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 79%

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Typical Z68A-GD80 (G3) (MS-7672) Builds (Compare 56 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: MSI Z68A-GD80 (G3) (MS-7672)

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	27x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	10x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	6x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	7x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	4x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	4x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	8x
Solid State Disk 128GBSpccBench 69%, 14,793 samples	3x
Ultimate SU800 512GBAdata $50Bench 104%, 31,280 samples	3x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 57%, 4,489 samples	4x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 54%, 12,350 samples	4x
Vengeance DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 52%, 8,627 samples	3x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $511

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16