MSI A78M-E45 V2 (MS-7721)

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 55% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 53.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	6.71% 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 Drive	64.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7721
Motherboard	MSI A78M-E45 V2 (MS-7721) (all builds)
Memory	2.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160810
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 09 '17 at 07:34
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD A8-7600 APU (2014 D.Ka) 31,243 User benchmarks, average bench 42% P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	53.4% Above average	Memory 76.7 1-Core 63.4 2-Core 120 54% 86.7 Pts	4-Core 174 8-Core 193 24% 184 Pts	64-Core 184 11% 184 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 51%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon R7 Graphics 22,117 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7721) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 17.2.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	6.71% Terrible	Lighting 7.87 Reflection 8.73 Parallax 9.81 6% 8.8 fps	MRender 8.62 Gravity 6.9 Splatting 10.6 7% 8.69 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.71% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Spark 128GB 1,967 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM10.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1075 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 314 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 92 92 81 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3211396 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 37 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 141736083489 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 95 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4160	64.7% Good	Read 414 Write 362 Mixed 363 85% 380 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 64.6 4K Mixed 7.65 81% 32.3 MB/s	DQ Read 24.8 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 6.32 24% 50.9 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 81%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$90 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 200GB free Firmware: 01.03A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 159 152 3050 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 677 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 760 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 279 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 85 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 677 (C2) HDA temperature 105 100 38 (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	59.5% Above average	Read 107 Write 100 Mixed 100 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.42 106% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-2400C10-4GTX F3-2400C10-4GTX 8GB 91 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 2134, 2134 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	38% Below average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 7.9 MC Mixed 16.2 39% 13.5 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 7.2 SC Mixed 10.4 25% 8.6 GB/s	Latency 86.9 46% 86.9 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 49%

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Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 45%

Speed boat

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

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 $38Bench 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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

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 $179	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