MSI P67A-C45 (MS-7673)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	22.7% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7673
Motherboard	MSI P67A-C45 (MS-7673) (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120801
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 06 '16 at 12:17
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 111 2-Core 221 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 432 58% 432 Pts	64-Core 435 27% 435 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Nvidia(10DE 0000) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6510 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	22.7% Poor	Lighting 27.3 Reflection 26 Parallax 32.6 22% 28.6 fps	MRender 35.3 Gravity 25 Splatting 27.2 24% 29.2 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 22.7% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 167GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 82167751 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3876 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 245756902 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9936 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1931 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 21475164168 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 58 47 707199018 (C2) HDA temperature 42 53 77309411370 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 45 26 82167751 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 195 2497 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 4209067964801 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3192461739 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4074122080	45.6% Average	Read 84.6 Write 74.2 Mixed 28.2 46% 62.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.37 96% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 70%
Seagate ST9320325AS 320GB-$34 18,767 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 18GB free Firmware: 0002BSM1 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 83 228411579 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9447 (05) Reallocated sector count 3 3 2003 (07) Seek error rate 45 39 1297088785278 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5959 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 37 3466 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 4460 (BC) Unknown 100 54 515404333750 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 58 37 275601883178 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 135 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1434 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 75 75 50838 (C2) HDA temperature 42 63 94489280554 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 56 46 228411579 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	20.8% Poor	Read 34.4 Write 38.2 Mixed 20.8 23% 31.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.26 4K Write 0.62 4K Mixed 0.12 35% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 20.8% Great: 39%
TOSHIBA MQ01ABD0 500GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 20GB free, PID null Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	34.8% Below average	Read 70.6 Write 89.8 Mixed 52.7 92% 71 MB/s	4K Read 0.24 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.18 62% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 35%
TOSHIBA MQ01ABF0 500GB 40 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 11GB free, PID 1066 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	31.6% Below average	Read 101 Write 57.8 Mixed 52.1 81% 70.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.16 55% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905471-006.A00LF 9905471-006.A00LF 8GB 63 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	52.3% Above average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 18.7 MC Mixed 16.4 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 16.8 47% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 53%

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Gaming 35%

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Desktop 75%

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Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: MSI P67A-C45 (MS-7673)

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	185x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	38x
Core i7-2600Intel $187Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	29x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	44x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	26x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	24x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	12x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	12x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	11x

RAM
CMX8GX3M2B1600C9 CMX8GX3M2B1600C9 8GBCorsairBench 51%, 137 samples	9x
CML16GX3M2A1600C10 CML16GX3M2A1600C10 16GBCorsairBench 48%, 91 samples	8x
KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G 16GBKingstonBench 50%, 248 samples	8x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $474

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16