MSI A68HM GRENADE (MS-7891)

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 50.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	34.4% 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	77.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7891
Motherboard	MSI A68HM GRENADE (MS-7891) (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160727
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 30 '16 at 09:57
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD A8-5500 APU-$135 10,478 User benchmarks, average bench 48% P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	50.5% Above average	Memory 72.8 1-Core 54.7 2-Core 101 48% 76.2 Pts	4-Core 167 8-Core 160 22% 163 Pts	64-Core 165 10% 165 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 56%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 22BB) CLim: 990 MHz, MLim: 1425 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 16.12.2 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	34.4% Below average	Lighting 42.2 Reflection 51.1 Parallax 51.8 34% 48.4 fps	MRender 50.9 Gravity 38.2 Splatting 39.4 35% 42.8 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 207GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 41 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 67 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 6 (F1) Unknown 99 99 58872566	77.2% Very good	Read 474 Write 362 Mixed 384 90% 407 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 48.8 4K Mixed 32 102% 34.6 MB/s	DQ Read 109 DQ Write 80.5 DQ Mixed 49.2 49% 79.4 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 177 177 2141 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 7 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 0 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 7 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 5 (C2) HDA temperature 115 111 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	100% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 178 Mixed 165 129% 171 MB/s	4K Read 1.25 4K Write 2.43 4K Mixed 0.38 139% 1.35 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F641GU67G1600G 1x8GB 416 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	21.4% Poor	MC Read 9.8 MC Write 4 MC Mixed 6.6 19% 6.8 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 4.7 SC Mixed 6.5 17% 6.03 GB/s	Latency 95 42% 95 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 21.4% Great: 34%

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 47%

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Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: MSI A68HM GRENADE (MS-7891)

CPU
A8-7650K APU (2014 D.Ka)AMDBench 44%, 15,487 samples	36x
Athlon II X4 860KAMD $51Bench 45%, 29,887 samples	26x
A8-7600 APU (2014 D.Ka)AMDBench 42%, 31,243 samples	17x

GPU
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 5%, 22,117 samples	32x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	17x
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 6%, 25,284 samples	8x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	12x
BX500 480GBCrucial $38Bench 63%, 83,298 samples	5x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	5x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	9x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 16GBUnknownBench 40%, 1,247 samples	7x
1866 CL10 Series 1866 CL10 Series 16GBUnknownBench 36%, 224 samples	6x

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Value: 22% - Poor

Total price: $28

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $177	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