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

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	36.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	31.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7750
Motherboard	MSI Z68A-G43 (G3) (MS-7750) (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130109
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 30 '18 at 20:46
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 4.2 GHz, turbo 5.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Memory 93.8 1-Core 110 2-Core 217 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 413 54% 404 Pts	64-Core 428 26% 428 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Gigabyte(1458 254D) 3GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1375 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	36.1% Below average	Lighting 47.1 Reflection 31.7 Parallax 60.2 38% 46.3 fps	MRender 30.6 Gravity 44.9 Splatting 39.4 32% 38.3 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 71GB free Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 27333171883234 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2269 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 194 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4147 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2427 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2427 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3514	41.9% Average	Read 168 Write 103 Mixed 121 29% 131 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 83.6 4K Mixed 9.96 93% 39 MB/s	DQ Read 25.4 DQ Write 93.2 DQ Mixed 9.38 22% 42.7 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 61%
SanDisk SSD 64GB-$56 3,862 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.0.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10569 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4196 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 227 (AE) Unknown 100 100 294 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 756 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1291 (F1) Unknown 100 100 25557534160 (F2) Unknown 100 100 28628774818	31.9% Below average	Read 410 Write 73.6 Mixed 160 46% 214 MB/s	4K Read 17.8 4K Write 9.21 4K Mixed 4.07 37% 10.3 MB/s	DQ Read 18.3 DQ Write 9.67 DQ Mixed 3.24 5% 10.4 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 48%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 599GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 217563676 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7815 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 8777602811 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9760 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5212 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 18 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 68 59 538902560 (C2) HDA temperature 32 41 25769803808 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 44 27 217563676 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 7 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -22827751152712 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1068176927 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1913071107	58.5% Above average	Read 102 Write 102 Mixed 32.2 58% 78.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.53 120% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 44,086 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33.3% Below average	MC Read 10.7 MC Write 10.3 MC Mixed 10.1 30% 10.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 10.6 SC Mixed 10 30% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 60.3 66% 60.3 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 64%

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Desktop 74%

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Workstation 42%

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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 $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