MSI Z68A-G45 (B3) (MS-7750)

Performance Results


Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	2.44% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	45.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7750
Motherboard	MSI Z68A-G45 (B3) (MS-7750) (all builds)
Memory	2.8 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110909
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 15 '18 at 22:32
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 90.7 1-Core 111 2-Core 223 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 444 59% 444 Pts	64-Core 446 28% 446 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 3000 (Desktop V1 1.1 GHz) 8,807 User benchmarks, average bench 2% MSI(1462 7750) 1.8GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	2.44% Terrible	Lighting 2.7 Reflection 3.42 Parallax 1.81 2% 2.65 fps	MRender 3.48 Gravity 1.5 Splatting 5.04 3% 3.34 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.44% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
T-64 63GB 36 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: T170206b Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 41 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 93 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 7 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AD) Unknown 200 200 25771900944 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 70 (BB) vendor-specific 100 0 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 200 200 6 (CF) Spin high current 200 200 32 (D0) Spin buzz 200 200 16 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1133214638 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1711605748 (F5) Unknown 100 100 36397125	45.9% Average	Read 356 Write 83.1 Mixed 136 42% 192 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 70.2 4K Mixed 8.4 85% 34.4 MB/s	DQ Read 28.6 DQ Write 89.1 DQ Mixed 9.03 21% 42.2 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 69%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 466GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 166 160 4700 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2275 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7532 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1969 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 193 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2275 (C2) HDA temperature 108 92 39 (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 (F0) Head flying hours 91 91 6963 (F1) Unknown 200 200 8146472976 (F2) Unknown 200 200 13369863014	51% Above average	Read 88.1 Write 89.4 Mixed 87.6 67% 88.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.42 118% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 69%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 32GB-$16 13,359 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 28GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	39.3% Below average	Read 135 Write 55.9 Mixed 62.5 93% 84.5 MB/s	4K Read 6.63 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.9 121% 3.15 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x4GB 154,807 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	27.8% Poor	MC Read 8.7 MC Write 9.1 MC Mixed 7.6 24% 8.47 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 9.6 SC Mixed 7.7 25% 8.7 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 27.8% Great: 52%

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Typical Z68A-G45 (B3) (MS-7750) Builds (Compare 19 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 18%

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Motherboard: MSI Z68A-G45 (B3) (MS-7750)

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	6x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	4x
Core i7-2600Intel $194Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	4x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	3x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	3x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	2x

SSD
CS900 240GBPNY $20Bench 73%, 61,417 samples	3x
Raid 0 Volume 960GBIntelBench 127%, 3,595 samples	3x
840 120GBSamsung $109Bench 61%, 51,792 samples	2x

RAM
F3-14900CL9-4GBSR F3-14900CL9-4GBSR F3-14900CL9-4GBSR F3-14900CL9-4GBSR 16GBUnknownBench 46%, 65 samples	3x
99U5471-020.A00LF 99U5471-020.A00LF 99U5471-020.A00LF 99U5471-020.A00LF 16GBKingstonBench 49%, 68 samples	3x
1333EL Series 1333EL Series 8GBUnknownBench 37%, 275 samples	1x

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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $325

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $40	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