MSI A78M-E45 (MS-7721)

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 51.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	63.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	60.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7721
Motherboard	MSI A78M-E45 (MS-7721) (all builds)
Memory	29.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141215
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '18 at 19:00
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	25%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	51.1% Above average	Memory 70.1 1-Core 70.2 2-Core 126 54% 88.6 Pts	4-Core 185 8-Core 204 26% 194 Pts	64-Core 209 13% 209 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 55%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Gigabyte(1458 3721) CLim: 2138 MHz, MLim: 2064 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.5% Good	Lighting 78.7 Reflection 76 Parallax 66 64% 73.6 fps	MRender 73.9 Gravity 74.9 Splatting 78.2 62% 75.7 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 300GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR021 SusWrite @10s intervals: 243 298 318 255 204 228 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	60.4% Good	Read 356 Write 377 Mixed 224 SusWrite 258 68% 304 MB/s	4K Read 16.3 4K Write 47.9 4K Mixed 23.3 80% 29.2 MB/s	DQ Read 18.4 DQ Write 232 DQ Mixed 26.3 50% 92.2 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 235GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 188 193 193 190 192 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 152 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 191 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 169% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 113%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 411GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 82 84 83 84 84 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	43.1% Average	Read 67.2 Write 69.4 Mixed 44.7 SusWrite 82.8 48% 66 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 141% 1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 57%
Generic Flash Disk 32GB 9,471 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 28GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.1 3.9 6.6 6.6 6.6 6.2 MB/s Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 16.3 Write 0.5 SusWrite 5.5 7% 7.43 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Mixed 0 5% 0.45 MB/s
Poor: 3% Great: 21%

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	37.7% Below average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 8.6 MC Mixed 15.2 39% 13.7 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 10.3 24% 8.3 GB/s	Latency 101 40% 101 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 60%

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Gaming 9%

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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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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