MSI Z68MA-ED55 (MS-7676)

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	8.85% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	47.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7676
Motherboard	MSI Z68MA-ED55 (MS-7676) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110426
Uptime	4.7 Days
Run Date	Feb 22 '16 at 17:22
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 95 1-Core 112 2-Core 223 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 411 57% 423 Pts	64-Core 413 26% 413 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-$112 69,673 User benchmarks, average bench 8% EVGA(3842 2650) 1GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6175 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	8.85% Terrible	Lighting 10.2 Reflection 9.35 Parallax 11.4 8% 10.3 fps	MRender 13.4 Gravity 9.3 Splatting 13 10% 11.9 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 8.85% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 147GB free (System drive) Firmware: 040H 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 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 21673 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 633 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 97 97 98 (AE) Unknown 100 100 102 (B5) Unknown 100 100 11235724035296 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 102 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 97 97 3 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	47.7% Average	Read 371 Write 249 Mixed 194 60% 271 MB/s	4K Read 2.54 4K Write 79.6 4K Mixed 5.23 53% 29.1 MB/s	DQ Read 21.8 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 5.27 20% 42.7 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 74%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 464GB free Firmware: JC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 92931405 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5685 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 173156296 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21211 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1229 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 53 588447779 (C2) HDA temperature 35 47 64424509475 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 38 29 92931405 (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 -122208999416489 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1313701437 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3724549280	56.1% Above average	Read 93.5 Write 102 Mixed 29.5 55% 75 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.42 102% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 68%
WD My Book 1140 2TB 10,094 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 1TB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	16.3% Very poor	Read 32 Write 27.2 Mixed 14.6 30% 24.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.21 72% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 16.3% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 16GB 430 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	59.5% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 19.2 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 18.4 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 57.1 70% 57.1 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 59%

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: MSI Z68MA-ED55 (MS-7676)

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	9x
Core i7-2600Intel $196Bench 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 $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