MSI A88X-G45 GAMING (MS-7900)

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 51.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Boot Drive	47.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 9 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7900
Motherboard	MSI A88X-G45 GAMING (MS-7900) (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150420
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '18 at 18:04
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon II X4 860K-$51 29,887 User benchmarks, average bench 45% P0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	Memory 69.8 1-Core 66 2-Core 122 52% 86.1 Pts	4-Core 192 8-Core 209 26% 200 Pts	64-Core 199 12% 199 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$30 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (18^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 29 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 37 (94) Unknown 255 255 0 (95) Unknown 255 255 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 7 (AA) Unknown 100 100 8 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 255 255 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 19 (C2) HDA temperature 61 57 184685166631 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 93 (F1) Unknown 100 100 94 (F2) Unknown 100 100 80 (F4) Unknown 100 100 0 (F5) Unknown 100 100 3 (F6) Unknown 100 100 4752	47.5% Average	Read 274 Write 205 Mixed 277 56% 252 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 44.7 4K Mixed 4.1 62% 23.5 MB/s	DQ Read 154 DQ Write 163 DQ Mixed 6.48 47% 108 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 421GB free Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 231202936 (03) Spinup time 100 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2016 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 7343107 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 785 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 638 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 8590065668 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 50 622657573 (C2) HDA temperature 37 50 68719476773 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 41 27 231202936 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 150 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 118296284234525 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1808962482 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2864181645	68.6% Good	Read 125 Write 114 Mixed 110 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.8 137% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 88%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$90 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 160GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 5588 (03) Spinup time 147 135 3641 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4532 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10580 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4176 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1080 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3451 (C2) HDA temperature 101 87 42 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 10 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 10 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 8	50.6% Above average	Read 87.3 Write 89 Mixed 87.3 66% 87.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.38 96% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G F3-10666CL9-4GBRL 12GB 1600, 1333 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	22% Poor	MC Read 7.5 MC Write 7.2 MC Mixed 6.6 20% 7.1 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 6.7 SC Mixed 5.8 18% 6.37 GB/s	Latency 102 39% 102 ns

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Typical A88X-G45 GAMING (MS-7900) Builds (Compare 110 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 6%

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Desktop 48%

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Workstation 5%

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Motherboard: MSI A88X-G45 GAMING (MS-7900) - $119

CPU
A10-7850K APU (2014 D.Ka)AMD $135Bench 45%, 19,875 samples	31x
A10-6800K APU (2013 D.Ri)AMD $467Bench 51%, 11,295 samples	18x
A10-7870K APU (2014 D.Ka)AMD $135Bench 46%, 9,821 samples	11x

GPU
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 6%, 25,284 samples	13x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	9x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	7x

SSD
S280 480GBKingdianBench 84%, 2,297 samples	8x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	4x
SSD Plus 120GBSanDisk $42Bench 58%, 87,912 samples	3x

RAM
M378B1G73QH0-CK0 1x8GBSamsungBench 29%, 7,106 samples	6x
F3-12800CL9-4GBXL F3-12800CL9-4GBXL F3-12800CL9-4GBXL F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 16GBUnknownBench 51%, 517 samples	5x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 49%, 26,466 samples	3x

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Value: 55% - Above average

Total price: $254

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