MSI A78M-E45 (MS-7721)

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (24th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 76 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 51.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	11.9% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	52.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (74%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7721
Motherboard	MSI A78M-E45 (MS-7721) (all builds)
Memory	1.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131206
Uptime	6.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 30 '18 at 16:03
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	74%

PC Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD A10-6800K APU (2013 D.Ri)-$467 11,295 User benchmarks, average bench 51% P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	51.3% Above average	Memory 73.9 1-Core 43.2 2-Core 106 46% 74.3 Pts	4-Core 171 8-Core 156 22% 163 Pts	64-Core 178 11% 178 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 8472) 2GB CLim: 1228 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.71 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	11.9% Very poor	Lighting 12.7 Reflection 12.2 Parallax 13.3 10% 12.7 fps	MRender 8.86 Gravity 20.6 Splatting 22.7 15% 17.4 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 11.9% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 138 76 83 83 76 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	52.4% Above average	Read 275 Write 322 Mixed 264 SusWrite 110 55% 243 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 38.9 4K Mixed 25.1 85% 28.4 MB/s	DQ Read 219 DQ Write 158 DQ Mixed 181 137% 186 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 124%
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 9GB free Firmware: 070H SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 64 83 95 46 40 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	37.9% Below average	Read 315 Write 146 Mixed 183 SusWrite 68.4 39% 178 MB/s	4K Read 13.1 4K Write 39.7 4K Mixed 10 54% 20.9 MB/s	DQ Read 127 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 27.5 45% 88 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 72%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 526GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 129 109 99 117 131 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	77% Very good	Read 150 Write 115 Mixed 79.2 SusWrite 118 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 109%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 275GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 84 88 86 87 84 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	40.9% Average	Read 57 Write 58.2 Mixed 38 SusWrite 85.2 44% 59.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 124% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 2x4GB 3,851 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28% Poor	MC Read 13.1 MC Write 5.6 MC Mixed 10.2 28% 9.63 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 5.1 SC Mixed 7.7 18% 6.4 GB/s	Latency 92.6 43% 92.6 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 28% Great: 78%

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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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Gaming 9%

Tree trunk

Desktop 49%

Yacht

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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