MSI Z68A-G43 (B3) (MS-7750)

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	9.89% 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	33.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 9 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.

System	MSI MS-7750
Motherboard	MSI Z68A-G43 (B3) (MS-7750) (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120116
Uptime	7.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 03 '17 at 00:42
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 96.7 1-Core 111 2-Core 221 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 424 56% 419 Pts	64-Core 427 26% 427 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% EVGA(3842 1559) 2GB CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 1002 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 361.75 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	9.89% Terrible	Lighting 11.1 Reflection 13 Parallax 9.31 9% 11.2 fps	MRender 15.3 Gravity 11.8 Splatting 14.9 12% 14 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.89% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ VERTEX PLUS 120GB 765 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.50 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 5 0 5 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 36633 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 149 (E8) Unknown 100 100 84119 (E9) Unknown 100 0 100	33.4% Below average	Read 207 Write 161 Mixed 175 40% 181 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 17.3 4K Mixed 5.46 50% 14.9 MB/s	DQ Read 44.8 DQ Write 17 DQ Mixed 5.59 11% 22.5 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 33.4% Great: 36%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 2TB 7,767 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 728GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	42.9% Average	Read 113 Write 35.8 Mixed 109 66% 85.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 2.81 4K Mixed 0.45 133% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 123%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 222GB free Firmware: CC4C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 16905360 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 138 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 8876839058 (09) Power-on hours count 59 59 36607 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 138 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 86 86 14 (BE) vendor-specific 69 53 572260383 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 36 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 372 (C2) HDA temperature 31 47 81604378655 (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 -40316857970946 (F1) Unknown 100 253 25616967040993 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -42534205238589	110% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 198 Mixed 163 137% 182 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.36 99% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1866C10D3/8G 16GB 322 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1867, 1867 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	69.5% Good	MC Read 24.1 MC Write 25.9 MC Mixed 22.1 69% 24 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 20.1 SC Mixed 20.9 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 51.5 78% 51.5 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 70%

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Typical Z68A-G43 (B3) (MS-7750) Builds (Compare 6 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 15%

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Desktop 73%

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Workstation 13%

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Motherboard: MSI Z68A-G43 (B3) (MS-7750)

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	4x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	1x
Core i7-2600Intel $194Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	1x

GPU
GTX 560 TiNvidia $188Bench 16%, 42,397 samples	1x
HD 7870AMD $203Bench 26%, 42,130 samples	1x
GTX 950Nvidia $100Bench 26%, 111,509 samples	1x

SSD
WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GBWDCBench 93%, 97,462 samples	1x
530 Series 120GBIntel $79Bench 67%, 15,015 samples	1x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	1x

RAM
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 49%, 28,220 samples	1x
CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 16GBCorsairBench 51%, 468 samples	1x
Dark-1600 2x4GBTeamBench 47%, 1,373 samples	1x

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Value: 48% - Average

Total price: $435

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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