MSI A78M-E45 (MS-7721)

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 53.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	6.03% 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	51.2% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7721
Motherboard	MSI A78M-E45 (MS-7721) (all builds)
Memory	8.8 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141020
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 06 '19 at 10:16
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (60^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, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	53.2% Above average	Memory 71 1-Core 65.3 2-Core 126 53% 87.4 Pts	4-Core 207 8-Core 201 27% 204 Pts	64-Core 180 11% 180 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 54%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 240 58,337 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Sapphire(174B E263) ≥ 4GB CLim: 780 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	6.03% Terrible	Lighting 7.33 Reflection 8.35 Parallax 9.97 6% 8.55 fps	MRender 7.52 Gravity 6.3 Splatting 8.3 6% 7.38 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.03% Great: 6%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01.4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 234 53 53 53 53 54 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	51.2% Above average	Read 436 Write 374 Mixed 96.6 SusWrite 83.3 55% 247 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 23.2 4K Mixed 22.7 72% 21.9 MB/s	DQ Read 235 DQ Write 46.8 DQ Mixed 73.2 71% 118 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 91%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-1866C9-4GAB F3-1866C9-4GAB Kingston 99U5471-001.A00LF Hynix HMT125U6BFR8C-H9 12GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 1600, 1600, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	35.7% Below average	MC Read 15.7 MC Write 8.9 MC Mixed 13.4 36% 12.7 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 10.7 25% 8.7 GB/s	Latency 99.1 40% 99.1 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 36%

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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 $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