MSI A78M-E45 V2 (MS-7721)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 52.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Boot Drive	49.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 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.

High background CPU (27%). 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	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150420
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '17 at 14:24
Run Duration	118 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	52.6% Above average	Memory 73.6 1-Core 65.1 2-Core 126 54% 88.2 Pts	4-Core 185 8-Core 191 25% 188 Pts	64-Core 199 12% 199 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 54%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon R7 Graphics 25,284 User benchmarks, average bench 6% MSI(1462 7721) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 17.4.4 Relative performance n/a - GPU benchmark error
Poor: 4% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 7620410 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 98105642979516 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 476 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 31 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 37 51542032413 (C2) HDA temperature 29 37 51542032413 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 7620410 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 7620410 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 7620410 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 85899345921 (E9) Unknown 0 0 8873 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5122 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5122 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2511 (F4) Unknown 98 98 4522046	49.5% Average	Read 416 Write 109 Mixed 166 50% 230 MB/s	4K Read 17.7 4K Write 56.4 4K Mixed 12.1 72% 28.7 MB/s	DQ Read 97.5 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 33.2 48% 87.7 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 73%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 562GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 144170872 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 524 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 23576473 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4239 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 473 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 65 488112157 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 22 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 16892 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 68719476765 (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 119181047499423 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4910741107 (F2) Unknown 100 253 37977650234	100% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 161 Mixed 179 133% 176 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 5.44 4K Mixed 0.71 205% 2.26 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 112%

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 (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	37.9% Below average	MC Read 15.9 MC Write 8.2 MC Mixed 16.6 39% 13.6 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 7.5 SC Mixed 10.3 25% 8.77 GB/s	Latency 93.4 43% 93.4 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 72%

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Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 45%

Speed boat

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 $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