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

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 11%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 9%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics10.7% 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 DriveThe 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMSI MS-7750
MotherboardMSI Z68A-G43 (G3) (MS-7750)  (all builds)
Memory9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20130109
Uptime3 Days
Run DateJun 02 '21 at 15:08
Run Duration105 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU5%

 PC Performing as expected (60th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (85th percentile)
77.6% Very good
Memory 94.4
1-Core 97.8
2-Core 180
74% 124 Pts
4-Core 330
8-Core 471
50% 401 Pts
64-Core 462
29% 462 Pts
Poor: 56%
This bench: 77.6%
Great: 83%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6770
Sapphire(174B E144) 1GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
10.7% Very poor
Lighting 14.5
Reflection 13.3
Parallax 12.9
12% 13.6 fps
MRender 11
Gravity 11.5
Splatting 9.4
9% 10.6 fps
Poor: 9%
This bench: 10.7%
Great: 11%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD WD5002AALX-00J37A0 500GB
151GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 15.01H15
SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 14 52 76 78 71 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
31.5% Below average
Read 54
Write 52.6
Mixed 47.6
SusWrite 55.5
39% 52.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.6
101% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 32%
This bench: 31.5%
Great: 72%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 1600 CL9 Series 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing above expectations (66th percentile)
58.9% Above average
MC Read 20.6
MC Write 21.2
MC Mixed 18.8
58% 20.2 GB/s
SC Read 16.3
SC Write 17.6
SC Mixed 18.2
50% 17.4 GB/s
Latency 58.8
68% 58.8 ns
Poor: 32%
This bench: 58.9%
Great: 63%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z68A-G43 (G3) (MS-7750) Builds (Compare 135 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 54%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 42%
Speed boat

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 94% - Outstanding Total price: $379
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