MSI Z68A-G43 (G3) (MS-7750)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	106% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7750
Motherboard	MSI Z68A-G43 (G3) (MS-7750) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110825
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '18 at 09:12
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	28%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	69.7% Good	Memory 91.6 1-Core 85.6 2-Core 168 69% 115 Pts	4-Core 283 8-Core 260 37% 271 Pts	64-Core 230 14% 230 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 411.63 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 147 Parallax 126 113% 137 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 138 Splatting 108 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 325GB free (System drive) Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 43 69 73 76 78 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	20.7% Poor	Read 7.8 Write 10.8 Mixed 14.6 SusWrite 64.3 18% 24.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.5 69% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 20.7% Great: 69%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 130 131 131 131 131 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	Read 136 Write 134 Mixed 57 SusWrite 131 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.9 196% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 83%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 117 117 117 117 117 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	69% Good	Read 124 Write 123 Mixed 69.2 SusWrite 117 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 165% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 83%
ADATA USB Flash Drive 32GB 634 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 29GB free, PID c08a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.3 5.6 6.7 6.8 6.8 6.8 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	2.87% Terrible	Read 8.8 Write 5.5 Mixed 7.2 SusWrite 6.1 9% 6.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 4% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.87% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown R538G1601U2S R538G1601U2S 16GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	54.3% Above average	MC Read 19 MC Write 20.5 MC Mixed 16.9 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 15.2 SC Mixed 15.5 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 59%

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Gaming 54%

Yacht

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 42%

Speed boat

Motherboard: MSI Z68A-G43 (G3) (MS-7750)

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	41x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	16x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	11x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	13x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	8x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	8x

SSD
PLUS 120GBSandiskBench 43%, 16,974 samples	8x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	6x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	6x

RAM
9905471-074.A00LF 99U5471-054.A00LF 16GBKingstonBench 55%, 75 samples	6x
Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 52%, 16,472 samples	4x
KHX1600C9D3/4GX 8502 PSD34G13332 8GBKingstonBench 51%, 13 samples	4x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $379

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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