MSI A68HM GRENADE (MS-7891)

Performance Results


Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 52.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	4.39% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	57.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7891
Motherboard	MSI A68HM GRENADE (MS-7891) (all builds)
Memory	1.7 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150415
Uptime	14.7 Days
Run Date	Aug 27 '17 at 11:04
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (50^th 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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	52.8% Above average	Memory 71.3 1-Core 67.6 2-Core 119 52% 85.9 Pts	4-Core 200 8-Core 201 27% 201 Pts	64-Core 200 12% 200 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 51%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon R7 Graphics 22,117 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7891) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	4.39% Terrible	Lighting 5.43 Reflection 6.46 Parallax 8.94 4% 6.94 fps	MRender 3.67 Gravity 6.67 Splatting 5.35 4% 5.23 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.39% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$55 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 189GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 677 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 765 (B1) Unknown 98 98 7 (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 64 52 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 8 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4425046280	57.2% Above average	Read 435 Write 242 Mixed 260 69% 313 MB/s	4K Read 19.5 4K Write 44.3 4K Mixed 10.4 66% 24.7 MB/s	DQ Read 167 DQ Write 94.6 DQ Mixed 6.92 38% 89.4 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 114%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 232GB free Firmware: MK7OA840 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 124 124 42982572532 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 961 (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 100 100 602 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 728 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 961 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 961 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 188979675164 (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	78.8% Very good	Read 141 Write 133 Mixed 107 95% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.38 116% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 82%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya M2F4G64CC88D7N-DI 1x4GB 115 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 1 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	23.5% Poor	MC Read 8.7 MC Write 7.6 MC Mixed 6.3 22% 7.53 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 7.5 SC Mixed 7.7 21% 7.37 GB/s	Latency 98.3 41% 98.3 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 23.5% Great: 31%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical A68HM GRENADE (MS-7891) Builds (Compare 171 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $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