MSI A68HM GRENADE (MS-7891)

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 49.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	3.36% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	15.9% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7891
Motherboard	MSI A68HM GRENADE (MS-7891) (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160727
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 29 '17 at 21:35
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD A4-7300 APU 4,362 User benchmarks, average bench 41% P0, 1 CPU, 1 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	49.6% Average	Memory 90.8 1-Core 35.8 2-Core 38.5 43% 55 Pts	4-Core 50.1 8-Core 67.6 8% 58.8 Pts	64-Core 88.7 6% 88.7 Pts
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 52%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 8470D 8,268 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 7891) 768MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	3.36% Terrible	Lighting 4.2 Reflection 4.46 Parallax 3.59 3% 4.09 fps	MRender 3.9 Gravity 3.13 Splatting 4.61 3% 3.88 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.36% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Blaze 60GB-$62 661 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: S9FM02.9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 51 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 52 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 13 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1703940 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 30 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 132039	15.9% Very poor	Read 155 Write 57.3 Mixed 97.3 23% 103 MB/s	4K Read 2.18 4K Write 19.1 4K Mixed 1.67 16% 7.67 MB/s	DQ Read 36.6 DQ Write 46.2 DQ Mixed 1.71 12% 28.2 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 15.9% Great: 62%
Hitachi HTS543216L9SA00 160GB 1,536 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 149GB free Firmware: FB2OC40C Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 17179869184 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 16991 (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 92 92 3713 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1993 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 73 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 35267 (C2) HDA temperature 177 177 219044184095 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	33.9% Below average	Read 59.3 Write 58.6 Mixed 54.7 43% 57.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.36 81% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 34%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2400C11 Series 2400C11 Series 8GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	24.8% Poor	MC Read 7.8 MC Write 5.4 MC Mixed 9.1 21% 7.43 GB/s	SC Read 6 SC Write 7 SC Mixed 9.3 21% 7.43 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 24.8% Great: 44%

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

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Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 47%

Yacht

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

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 $46

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