MSI A78M-E35 V2 (MS-7721)

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 50.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	35.8% 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	48.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). 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-E35 V2 (MS-7721) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160810
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 11 '19 at 23:27
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon X4 840 Quad Core 4,588 User benchmarks, average bench 45% P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	50.3% Above average	Memory 69.1 1-Core 64 2-Core 118 51% 83.7 Pts	4-Core 184 8-Core 184 25% 184 Pts	64-Core 186 12% 186 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 1962) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1481 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	35.8% Below average	Lighting 46.5 Reflection 45.3 Parallax 40.3 38% 44.1 fps	MRender 38.6 Gravity 41.5 Splatting 36.9 32% 39 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Aireye S1 120GB SSD 210 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 86GB free (System drive) Firmware: V2.8 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 86 63 61 64 64 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	48.1% Average	Read 400 Write 314 Mixed 269 SusWrite 82.2 59% 266 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 58.1 4K Mixed 9.4 75% 29.5 MB/s	DQ Read 107 DQ Write 153 DQ Mixed 17.5 45% 92.4 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 71%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 262GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 27 28 31 30 29 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 47% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 1,380 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2134 MHz clocked @ 2132 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38.7% Below average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 8.3 MC Mixed 16.6 41% 14.2 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 5.8 SC Mixed 10 23% 8.1 GB/s	Latency 104 39% 104 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 80%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical A78M-E35 V2 (MS-7721) Builds (Compare 54 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 9%

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Desktop 47%

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Workstation 8%

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Motherboard: MSI A78M-E35 V2 (MS-7721)

CPU
A10-7860K APU (2014 D.Ka)AMD $175Bench 43%, 12,658 samples	8x
Athlon II X4 860KAMD $51Bench 45%, 29,887 samples	6x
A10-7850K APU (2014 D.Ka)AMD $135Bench 45%, 19,875 samples	4x

GPU
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 6%, 25,284 samples	5x
RX 550AMD $79Bench 14%, 79,894 samples	4x
Radeon HD 8470DAMDBench 3%, 8,268 samples	4x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	7x
Premier SP550 120GBAdata $45Bench 76%, 22,057 samples	3x
HG6 128GBToshibaBench 79%, 5,641 samples	2x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	4x
BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 8GBUnknownBench 38%, 2,343 samples	3x
99U5471-054.A00LF 2x8GBKingstonBench 53%, 9,823 samples	2x

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Value: 45% - Average

Total price: $203

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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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