MSI A68HM GRENADE (MS-7891)

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 55.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	90.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	80.9% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	MSI MS-7891
Motherboard	MSI A68HM GRENADE (MS-7891) (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150327
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 13 '17 at 11:38
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon II X4 860K-$51 29,887 User benchmarks, average bench 45% P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	Memory 76.5 1-Core 65.6 2-Core 124 54% 88.8 Pts	4-Core 204 8-Core 202 27% 203 Pts	64-Core 204 13% 204 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 54%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3363) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.9% Outstanding	Lighting 109 Reflection 150 Parallax 148 89% 136 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 132 Splatting 107 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.Y Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1880 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 621 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 539 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1835097 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 126 (C2) HDA temperature 72 60 171799740444 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 6904 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4677 (F2) Unknown 100 100 6315 (F4) Unknown 100 100 28 (F5) Unknown 100 100 89 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1970048	80.9% Excellent	Read 492 Write 459 Mixed 335 95% 429 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 64.1 4K Mixed 13.8 92% 34.8 MB/s	DQ Read 155 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 22.4 52% 107 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 111%
WD WD3000GLFS-01F8U0 300GB 3,689 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 206GB free Firmware: 03.03V01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 200 198 3000 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2737 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11403 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2721 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 523 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2737 (C2) HDA temperature 123 98 24 (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	40.8% Average	Read 60.3 Write 81.6 Mixed 75.8 55% 72.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.53 102% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3-2133 CL11 4GB DDR3-2133 CL11 4GB 8GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 2134, 2134 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	42.6% Average	MC Read 19.2 MC Write 9.5 MC Mixed 17.5 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 8.7 SC Write 7.8 SC Mixed 11.5 27% 9.33 GB/s	Latency 87.3 46% 87.3 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 43%

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 47%

Yacht

Workstation 8%

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Motherboard: MSI A68HM GRENADE (MS-7891)

CPU
A8-7650K APU (2014 D.Ka)AMDBench 44%, 15,487 samples	36x
Athlon II X4 860KAMD $51Bench 45%, 29,887 samples	26x
A8-7600 APU (2014 D.Ka)AMDBench 42%, 31,243 samples	17x

GPU
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 5%, 22,117 samples	32x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	17x
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 6%, 25,284 samples	8x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	12x
BX500 480GBCrucial $38Bench 63%, 83,298 samples	5x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	5x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	9x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 16GBUnknownBench 40%, 1,247 samples	7x
1866 CL10 Series 1866 CL10 Series 16GBUnknownBench 36%, 224 samples	6x

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Value: 21% - Poor

Total price: $28

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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