MSI P67A-GD65 (MS-7681)

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 75.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	107% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	55.7% 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.

System	MSI MS-7681
Motherboard	MSI P67A-GD65 (MS-7681) (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120307
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 18 '17 at 23:26
Run Duration	232 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Memory 96 1-Core 90.6 2-Core 181 73% 123 Pts	4-Core 295 8-Core 449 46% 372 Pts	64-Core 455 28% 455 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 147 Parallax 132 115% 140 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 139 Splatting 108 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS13 11 480GB SSD 221 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 151GB free Firmware: 0 Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	47.4% Average	Read 317 Write 189 Mixed 242 55% 249 MB/s	4K Read 18.4 4K Write 28.5 4K Mixed 13.1 60% 20 MB/s	DQ Read 140 DQ Write 99.6 DQ Mixed 51.3 57% 97.1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 90%
OCZ Vertex 460 240GB-$203 1,730 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 136GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0 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 (05) Reallocated sector count 88 88 88 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 19597 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 118 (AB) Unknown 80 80 79199056 (AE) Unknown 100 100 63 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 88 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 351 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 89 89 89 (F1) Unknown 100 100 20092 (F2) Unknown 100 100 9685 (F9) Unknown 100 100 1101893180	55.7% Above average	Read 265 Write 253 Mixed 260 58% 259 MB/s	4K Read 16.2 4K Write 53 4K Mixed 14.4 71% 27.9 MB/s	DQ Read 192 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 14.8 60% 134 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 105%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: MK7OA840 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 87 (03) Spinup time 159 159 38676595140 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 17 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 31 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 123 123 31 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 19060 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 17 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 87 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 87 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 158915166239 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 31 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 36 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	81.4% Excellent	Read 146 Write 138 Mixed 108 98% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.4 115% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 82%
WD Black 1.5TB (2010) 6,983 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 519GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8166 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 117 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 20742 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 112 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 78 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 38 (C2) HDA temperature 119 109 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	72.8% Very good	Read 144 Write 110 Mixed 112 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.28 4K Mixed 0.54 136% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 85%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 466GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 171 4175 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 195 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 39 39 44907 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 193 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 131 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 63 (C2) HDA temperature 115 104 32 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	67% Good	Read 130 Write 104 Mixed 101 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 2.29 4K Mixed 0.34 107% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 76%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 64GB 304 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 58GB free, PID 00d5 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	33.6% Below average	Read 110 Write 58.6 Mixed 93.9 106% 87.6 MB/s	4K Read 5.65 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.92 91% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL8-4GBXM F3-12800CL8-4GBXM F3-12800CL8-4GBXM F3-12800CL8-4GBXM 16GB 42 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	57.9% Above average	MC Read 19.8 MC Write 20.5 MC Mixed 18.4 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 17.9 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 53.8 74% 53.8 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 61%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 36%

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Desktop 76%

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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 $192Bench 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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	22x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	17x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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: 57% - Above average

Total price: $536

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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