MSI A78M-E45 (MS-7721)

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 52.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	38.4% 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	58% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7721
Motherboard	MSI A78M-E45 (MS-7721) (all builds)
Memory	29 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141215
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 24 '17 at 11:26
Run Duration	226 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon X4 880K-$105 8,721 User benchmarks, average bench 46% P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	52.2% Above average	Memory 67.2 1-Core 31.8 2-Core 132 45% 77.1 Pts	4-Core 216 8-Core 216 29% 216 Pts	64-Core 216 13% 216 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 55%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 3969) CLim: 1569 MHz, MLim: 1757 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.9 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	38.4% Below average	Lighting 50.4 Reflection 46.1 Parallax 41.7 41% 46.1 fps	MRender 40.2 Gravity 43.3 Splatting 38.3 33% 40.6 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 101GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR021 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2969 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 953 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 27 (AE) Unknown 100 100 230 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 54 197569478691 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 13124314817 (F7) Unknown 100 100 411377391 (F8) Unknown 100 100 190032971 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1912 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	58% Above average	Read 458 Write 324 Mixed 331 82% 371 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 23.8 4K Mixed 9.04 53% 17.3 MB/s	DQ Read 115 DQ Write 84.5 DQ Mixed 35 44% 78.1 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 99%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 35GB free Firmware: 600ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 -51934744536648 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2011 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 376 (B1) Unknown 0 0 94 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 31 46 68722491423 (C2) HDA temperature 31 46 68722491423 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 17179869184 (E9) Unknown 0 0 25717 (EA) Unknown 0 0 20229 (F1) Unknown 0 0 20229 (F2) Unknown 0 0 12461 (F4) Unknown 94 94 196673734	37.1% Below average	Read 241 Write 102 Mixed 135 35% 159 MB/s	4K Read 15.3 4K Write 36.9 4K Mixed 12.3 59% 21.5 MB/s	DQ Read 66.6 DQ Write 100 DQ Mixed 25.4 36% 64.1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 73%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 307GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 116 109 7175 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5572 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13862 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2147 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 376 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 166 166 104670 (C2) HDA temperature 116 97 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 3 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	41.1% Average	Read 75.9 Write 66.9 Mixed 68.4 53% 70.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.34 91% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 57%
Seagate ST3250824A 250GB 149 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 58GB free Firmware: 3.AAD Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 96 160021842 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7681 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 13225270205 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14881 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 99 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4888 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 47 538116128 (C2) HDA temperature 32 53 42949672992 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 69 48 38323640 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	27.4% Poor	Read 57.5 Write 37.8 Mixed 38.7 34% 44.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 0.98 4K Mixed 0.21 57% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 27.4% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 32GB 74 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	37.4% Below average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 8.8 MC Mixed 15.2 39% 13.7 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 5.8 SC Mixed 10.4 22% 7.7 GB/s	Latency 108 37% 108 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 60%

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Desktop 49%

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Workstation 8%

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Motherboard: MSI A78M-E45 (MS-7721) - $89

CPU
Athlon II X4 860KAMD $51Bench 45%, 29,887 samples	11x
Athlon II X4 760K (2013 D.Ri)AMD $59Bench 51%, 6,408 samples	9x
A8-7600 APU (2014 D.Ka)AMDBench 42%, 31,243 samples	8x

GPU
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 5%, 22,117 samples	6x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	6x
HD 6870AMDBench 15%, 25,443 samples	4x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	4x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	3x
WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GBWDCBench 93%, 97,462 samples	3x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	3x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 50%, 27,024 samples	2x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	2x

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Value: 33% - Below average

Total price: $240

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