MSI Z68A-G45 (MS-7750)

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	16.1% 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	94.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7750
Motherboard	MSI Z68A-G45 (MS-7750) (all builds)
Memory	6.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130110
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 30 '18 at 09:01
Run Duration	212 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 4.5 GHz, turbo 6.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 97 1-Core 119 2-Core 238 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 473 8-Core 474 63% 474 Pts	64-Core 482 30% 482 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GT 1030 185,384 User benchmarks, average bench 14% MSI(1462 8C98) 2GB CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 1719 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	16.1% Very poor	Lighting 19.4 Reflection 16.5 Parallax 15.9 16% 17.2 fps	MRender 18.7 Gravity 20.3 Splatting 22 17% 20.3 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 16.1% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX300 120GB-$80 7,190 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: M2CR010 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 581 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 215 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 25 (AE) Unknown 100 100 42 (B4) Unknown 100 100 43 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 193273528360 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 185 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2988231445 (F7) Unknown 100 100 26681480 (F8) Unknown 100 100 8905228	94.4% Outstanding	Read 527 Write 399 Mixed 422 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 78.3 4K Mixed 34.4 134% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 173 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 56.7 76% 138 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 115%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 71 (03) Spinup time 147 147 17195729168 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4687 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 126 126 32 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 12379 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 512 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5007 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5007 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 176094904351 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	82.7% Excellent	Read 122 Write 166 Mixed 169 116% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.22 93% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 108%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 465GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 163 160 4833 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2500 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7772 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2132 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 295 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2500 (C2) HDA temperature 115 92 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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 91 91 7185 (F1) Unknown 200 200 9913662357 (F2) Unknown 200 200 13537619536	50.4% Above average	Read 91.2 Write 84 Mixed 81.8 64% 85.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 2.22 4K Mixed 0.35 111% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 280GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 100 16702528 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 6 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 156426 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 14 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 6 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 63 471597084 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 27 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 111669149724 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -91268055039996 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3502041310 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4002411	84.4% Excellent	Read 184 Write 110 Mixed 113 102% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.17 60% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 114%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 2TB 1,551 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 260GB free Firmware: 050B Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	Read 141 Write 124 Mixed 107 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.25 73% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 102%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 32GB-$16 13,359 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 27GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	39% Below average	Read 131 Write 56.2 Mixed 64.4 94% 84 MB/s	4K Read 6.63 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.98 126% 3.2 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 2133 C11 2x4GB 791 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 29.9 MC Mixed 25.4 80% 27.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 22.4 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 50.2 80% 50.2 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 77%

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Gaming 37%

Jet ski

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 30%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI Z68A-G45 (MS-7750)

CPU
Core i7-2600Intel $194Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	4x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	3x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	1x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	4x
RX 480AMD $75Bench 46%, 261,163 samples	2x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1x

SSD
BX500 240GBCrucial $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	1x
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston $35Bench 64%, 176,713 samples	1x
Raid 0 Volume 1TBIntelBench 103%, 108 samples	1x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	2x
9905403-400.A00LF 2x4GBKingstonBench 48%, 836 samples	1x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	1x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $352

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