MSI A68HM GAMING (MS-7A83)

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 51.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	36.5% 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	70.5% 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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A83
Motherboard	MSI A68HM GAMING (MS-7A83) (all builds)
Memory	4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160830
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 28 '17 at 12:45
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	Memory 72.2 1-Core 68 2-Core 120 53% 86.7 Pts	4-Core 183 8-Core 193 25% 188 Pts	64-Core 196 12% 196 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 54%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Sapphire(174B E308) CLim: 1010 MHz, MLim: 1450 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	36.5% Below average	Lighting 46 Reflection 50.2 Parallax 53.9 38% 50 fps	MRender 50.1 Gravity 40.3 Splatting 38.7 35% 43 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11539 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2753 (B1) Unknown 94 94 68 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 54 44 46 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 253 (F1) Unknown 99 99 25702019224	70.5% Very good	Read 481 Write 315 Mixed 336 84% 377 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 42.9 4K Mixed 19.3 91% 30.4 MB/s	DQ Read 134 DQ Write 85.8 DQ Mixed 41.6 49% 87.2 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 118%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 485GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 71 (03) Spinup time 126 126 12896698551 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 491 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 108 108 37 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 898 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 240 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 506 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 506 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 206159872038 (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	97.4% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 166 Mixed 177 130% 172 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 0.21 92% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 7,948 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	37.4% Below average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 9.6 MC Mixed 14.4 38% 13.4 GB/s	SC Read 7.8 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 10 24% 8.5 GB/s	Latency 96.5 42% 96.5 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 70%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical A68HM GAMING (MS-7A83) Builds (Compare 33 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 10%

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Desktop 54%

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Workstation 9%

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Motherboard: MSI A68HM GAMING (MS-7A83)

CPU
Athlon II X4 860KAMD $51Bench 45%, 29,887 samples	5x
Athlon X4 880KAMD $105Bench 46%, 8,721 samples	4x
A8-7600 APU (2014 D.Ka)AMDBench 42%, 31,243 samples	3x

GPU
RX 550AMD $79Bench 14%, 79,894 samples	3x
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 5%, 22,117 samples	3x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	3x

SSD
TS500GSSD220Q 500GBTranscendBench 74%, 443 samples	3x
BX500 240GBCrucial $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	2x
840 Evo 120GBSamsung $85Bench 91%, 104,444 samples	1x

RAM
TEAMGROUP-UD3-1866 TEAMGROUP-UD3-1866 16GBUnknownBench 38%, 13 samples	3x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	3x
16JTF1G64AZ-1G6E1 Samsung M378B1G73EB0-YK0 16GBMicronBench 51%, 50 samples	2x

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Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $130

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