MSI A68HM-E33 V2 (MS-7721)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 55% Gunboat	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 42.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	56.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

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Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7721
Motherboard	MSI A68HM-E33 V2 (MS-7721) (all builds)
Memory	3.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160810
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 26 '18 at 23:40
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD A6-7470K APU (2014 D.Ka) 227 User benchmarks, average bench 39% P0, 1 CPU, 1 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	42.6% Average	Memory 68.5 1-Core 67.2 2-Core 97.5 49% 77.7 Pts	4-Core 101 8-Core 95.2 13% 97.9 Pts	64-Core 101 6% 101 Pts
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 49%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3975) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	Lighting 70.9 Reflection 71.8 Parallax 69.7 58% 70.8 fps	MRender 75.2 Gravity 67.4 Splatting 58.4 54% 67 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$30 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 720GB free (System drive) Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 129 140 147 157 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 133 Mixed 38 SusWrite 144 88% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 125% 1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 107%
WD Blue 320GB (2010)-$40 13,720 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 298GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 115 120 120 120 120 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	68% Good	Read 118 Write 113 Mixed 73 SusWrite 119 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 151% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5584-005.A00LF F3-10666CL9-4GBRL 8GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 1600, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	27.6% Poor	MC Read 10.9 MC Write 7.1 MC Mixed 11.3 28% 9.77 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 6 SC Mixed 4.5 17% 5.8 GB/s	Latency 105 38% 105 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 27.6% Great: 21%

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 45%

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Workstation 7%

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Motherboard: MSI A68HM-E33 V2 (MS-7721)

CPU
A8-7600 APU (2014 D.Ka)AMDBench 42%, 31,243 samples	143x
A8-7650K APU (2014 D.Ka)AMDBench 44%, 15,487 samples	88x
A10-7860K APU (2014 D.Ka)AMD $175Bench 43%, 12,658 samples	77x

GPU
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 5%, 22,117 samples	135x
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 6%, 25,284 samples	93x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	53x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	55x
A400 120GBKingston $32Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	41x
Fury 120GBHyperX $160Bench 64%, 11,403 samples	17x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 51%, 38,490 samples	32x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 32%, 29,968 samples	26x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	25x

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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