MSI P67A-GD65 (MS-7681)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	91.5% 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	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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7681
Motherboard	MSI P67A-GD65 (MS-7681) (all builds)
Memory	4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110302
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 15 '19 at 21:43
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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 way above expectations (89^th percentile)	76% Very good	Memory 91.1 1-Core 93.5 2-Core 184 72% 123 Pts	4-Core 353 8-Core 354 47% 354 Pts	64-Core 356 22% 356 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 119 Parallax 100 94% 112 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 106 Splatting 106 86% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Maxtor 6V250F0 251GB 1,385 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: VA111900 SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 46 20 43 48 49 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	26.3% Poor	Read 50.8 Write 61.3 Mixed 35.8 SusWrite 40.1 35% 47 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 0.6 147% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 26.3% Great: 39%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB-$60 30,974 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 410GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 67 58 55 63 66 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	44.7% Average	Read 92.5 Write 44 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 62.7 48% 64.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 185% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 60%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 759GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 67 58 55 63 66 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	66.5% Good	Read 169 Write 129 Mixed 70.5 SusWrite 62.7 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 456GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 131 132 130 133 133 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	76.2% Very good	Read 134 Write 115 Mixed 32.7 SusWrite 130 74% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 6.5 4K Mixed 0.9 250% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 8GB 1,087 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	52.2% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 19 MC Mixed 16.5 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 16.2 SC Mixed 16.6 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 61%

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Gaming 36%

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Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: MSI P67A-GD65 (MS-7681)

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	155x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	153x
Core i7-2600Intel $197Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	50x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	44x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	41x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	40x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	22x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	17x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	15x

RAM
CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 8GBCorsairBench 48%, 1,087 samples	15x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	7x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 22,320 samples	6x

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Value: 56% - Above average

Total price: $555

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) $35	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