MSI Z68MA-G45 (MS-7676)

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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 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 52.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	49.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	40.8% 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.

Very high background CPU (44%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7676
Motherboard	MSI Z68MA-G45 (MS-7676) (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130109
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '18 at 18:23
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	44%

PC Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 1.9 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	52.6% Above average	Memory 79 1-Core 77.9 2-Core 148 61% 102 Pts	4-Core 147 8-Core 191 22% 169 Pts	64-Core 195 12% 195 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% AMD(1002 0B00) ≥ 4GB CLim: 947 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.2.2 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	49.6% Average	Lighting 60.7 Reflection 55.5 Parallax 74.3 49% 63.5 fps	MRender 55.3 Gravity 50.4 Splatting 72.2 50% 59.3 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$29 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 11GB free Firmware: SBFK71E0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 0 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1534 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 81 (94) Unknown 100 100 0 (95) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 12 (AA) Unknown 100 100 14 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 65540 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 28 (C2) HDA temperature 66 64 154619936802 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 1 1 99 (E9) Unknown 100 100 255 (F1) Unknown 100 100 362 (F2) Unknown 100 100 108 (F4) Unknown 100 100 1 (F5) Unknown 100 100 4 (F6) Unknown 100 100 11172	28.5% Poor	Read 158 Write 98.1 Mixed 135 29% 130 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 31.4 4K Mixed 4.3 52% 18.5 MB/s	DQ Read 26.4 DQ Write 52.5 DQ Mixed 4.8 14% 27.9 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 28.5% Great: 85%
OCZ VERTEX3 60GB 3,574 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 89 89 7596385 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 6 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 197568516006 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2398 (AB) Unknown 0 0 6 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 101 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 6 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 7596385 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 6 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 7596385 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 7596385 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 55 55 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 18171 (EA) Unknown 0 0 12289 (F1) Unknown 0 0 12289 (F2) Unknown 0 0 26676	40.8% Average	Read 318 Write 76.1 Mixed 81.3 34% 158 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 60.3 4K Mixed 8.1 75% 30.1 MB/s	DQ Read 29.3 DQ Write 64.9 DQ Mixed 12.3 19% 35.5 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 70%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 180GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 144 142 3791 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8396 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21714 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3612 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 201 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8194 (C2) HDA temperature 110 97 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	60.7% Good	Read 109 Write 103 Mixed 98.8 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.29 86% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 69%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA662 500GB 14,997 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 46GB free Firmware: JP2OA41A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 75 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 100 96 (03) Spinup time 119 100 12897419458 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1086 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1245203 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 100 31 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6048 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 750 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 98 98 196607 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 91 25771442904 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 61 522125343 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1095 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1095 (C2) HDA temperature 193 157 167504773151 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 19 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	48.8% Average	Read 97.1 Write 73 Mixed 22 47% 64 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.31 73% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	46% Average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 16.3 MC Mixed 14.7 45% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 14.2 SC Mixed 16.1 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 82.4 48% 82.4 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 63%

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Gaming 60%

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Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 49%

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Motherboard: MSI Z68MA-G45 (MS-7676)

CPU
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	5x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	3x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	2x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	4x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	3x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	2x

SSD
SD7SB3Q-128G-1006 128GBSandiskBench 78%, 2,148 samples	3x
256GB SSD 256GBLexarBench 111%, 12,615 samples	2x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	2x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 58%, 8,730 samples	3x
F3-2133C9-4GXL 859B BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 859B BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 859B BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 24GBUnknownBench 54%, 3 samples	3x
CML4GX3M1A1600C9 04CD F3-1600C11-8GNT 04CD F3-1600C11-8GNT 20GBUnknownBench 35%, 2 samples	2x

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Value: 108% - Outstanding

Total price: $307

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