MSI A78M-E45 V2 (MS-7721)

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 52.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	65.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	67.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7721
Motherboard	MSI A78M-E45 V2 (MS-7721) (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150420
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 30 '17 at 19:03
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD A10-7850K APU (2014 D.Ka)-$135 19,875 User benchmarks, average bench 45% P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	52.8% Above average	Memory 70.8 1-Core 66.6 2-Core 122 52% 86.4 Pts	4-Core 203 8-Core 206 27% 204 Pts	64-Core 195 12% 195 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 54%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gainward(10B0 13C0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1468 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Lighting 83.7 Reflection 85.1 Parallax 76.1 68% 81.6 fps	MRender 81.8 Gravity 75.5 Splatting 67.8 61% 75 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP610 256GB-$100 1,898 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: N0815B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^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 100 100 841 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 638 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 47 (A3) Unknown 100 100 23 (A4) Unknown 100 100 46819 (A5) Unknown 100 100 104 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 45 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 15 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 46 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 43 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 554 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 204324 (F2) Unknown 100 100 156263 (F5) Unknown 100 100 374552	67.9% Good	Read 489 Write 278 Mixed 356 83% 374 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 64.8 4K Mixed 18.2 92% 35.3 MB/s	DQ Read 42.7 DQ Write 139 DQ Mixed 13.5 33% 64.9 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 98%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 142874328 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 680 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 9352655 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4001 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 612 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 50 605093920 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 29444 (C2) HDA temperature 32 50 47244640288 (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 -76321568848812 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6612069938 (F2) Unknown 100 253 36412558163	98.9% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 157 Mixed 154 125% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.2 70% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.3% Below average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 9.1 MC Mixed 16.5 41% 14.4 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 9.4 23% 8.03 GB/s	Latency 99.6 40% 99.6 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 72%

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Gaming 6%

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Desktop 45%

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Workstation 5%

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Motherboard: MSI A78M-E45 V2 (MS-7721)

CPU
A8-7600 APU (2014 D.Ka)AMDBench 42%, 31,243 samples	6x
A10-7850K APU (2014 D.Ka)AMD $135Bench 45%, 19,875 samples	4x
A10-5800K APU (2012 D.Tr)AMD $119Bench 50%, 18,312 samples	3x

GPU
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 6%, 25,284 samples	5x
R9 280XAMD $500Bench 35%, 94,130 samples	2x
R9 270AMD $140Bench 24%, 47,409 samples	2x

SSD
Burst 240GBPatriotBench 73%, 26,886 samples	3x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	2x
BX100 250GBCrucial $141Bench 87%, 42,930 samples	2x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GBCorsairBench 31%, 11,204 samples	2x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GBKingstonBench 57%, 3,744 samples	2x
F3-17000CL11-4GBXL F3-17000CL11-4GBXL 8GBUnknownBench 39%, 293 samples	2x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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