MSI P67A-GD53 (MS-7681)

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	63% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	66.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 11 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7681
Motherboard	MSI P67A-GD53 (MS-7681) (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130109
Uptime	18 Days
Run Date	Jan 29 '19 at 13:45
Run Duration	270 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	12%

Watch Gameplay: 1060-6GB + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

PC Performing below expectations (38^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 4.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	Memory 92.4 1-Core 110 2-Core 218 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 342 51% 370 Pts	64-Core 366 23% 366 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63% Good	Lighting 79.5 Reflection 79.7 Parallax 68.9 65% 76 fps	MRender 72.1 Gravity 74.1 Splatting 72.3 60% 72.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor PX-256M5S 256GB 2,817 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 130 181 210 253 280 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	66.7% Good	Read 361 Write 349 Mixed 252 SusWrite 206 66% 292 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 44.7 4K Mixed 22.6 87% 30 MB/s	DQ Read 289 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 179 166% 256 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 95%
Plextor M3 128GB 702 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 14GB free Firmware: 1.05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 146 161 90 76 69 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	58.4% Above average	Read 317 Write 196 Mixed 191 SusWrite 123 46% 207 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 46.8 4K Mixed 25.9 92% 31.6 MB/s	DQ Read 243 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 138 127% 195 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 87%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 134GB free Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 133 188 186 121 86 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Read 452 Write 370 Mixed 327 SusWrite 148 72% 324 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 68.3 4K Mixed 43 138% 47.3 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 353 DQ Mixed 367 275% 365 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 134%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 106GB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 91 102 102 107 102 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Read 176 Write 154 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 101 94% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.1 213% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 109%
Seagate IronWolf 4TB (2016)-$75 26,217 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 461GB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 128 131 131 132 129 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	Read 131 Write 127 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 130 83% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 155% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 108%
Hitachi HDS723030BLE640 3TB 852 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 726GB free Firmware: MX6O SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 97 116 127 132 124 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	72.4% Very good	Read 134 Write 103 Mixed 31 SusWrite 118 70% 96.5 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 149% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 104%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$200 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 735GB free Firmware: MN6O SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 83 88 95 103 100 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	60.4% Good	Read 119 Write 76.3 Mixed 52.7 SusWrite 91.5 62% 84.8 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 162% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 85%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 144GB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 86 93 89 98 120 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	Read 158 Write 137 Mixed 84 SusWrite 96.9 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 226% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 109%
Rockbox Internal Storage 8GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 3% 0GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 3 3 3.1 3.4 3.2 3.2 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	2.14% Terrible	Read 7 Write 1.5 Mixed 5.2 SusWrite 3.1 5% 4.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 1.5 58% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.14% Great: 5%
Rockbox SD Card Slot 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 2% 2GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 1 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	2.04% Terrible	Read 6.8 Write 5.3 Mixed 4.2 SusWrite 0.5 5% 4.2 MB/s	4K Read 2.7 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0 13% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.04% Great: 3%
WD My Passport 25E8 4TB 150 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 2TB free, PID 25e8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 85 90 89 91 91 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	36.3% Below average	Read 91.7 Write 92.2 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 89.3 107% 79.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.2 46% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5273DH0-CH9 M378B5273CH0-CH9 M378B5273DH0-CH9 M378B5273CH0-CH9 16GB 100 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	46.5% Average	MC Read 15.1 MC Write 15.9 MC Mixed 15.5 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 15.4 SC Mixed 15.6 41% 14.4 GB/s	Latency 63.4 63% 63.4 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 53%

Take a copy of your results

System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical P67A-GD53 (MS-7681) Builds (Compare 148 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 36%

Jet ski

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 28%

Raft

Motherboard: MSI P67A-GD53 (MS-7681)

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	83x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	29x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	5x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	17x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	14x
GTX 760Nvidia $209Bench 26%, 161,132 samples	12x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	15x
A400 120GBKingston $28Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	8x
MX100 512GBCrucial $200Bench 88%, 31,545 samples	5x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	8x
JM1333KLN-4G JM1333KLH-4G JM1333KLN-4G JM1333KLH-4G 16GBTranscendBench 44%, 50 samples	4x
CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 8GBCorsairBench 48%, 1,087 samples	4x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $546

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-13600K $270	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $90
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $353