MSI A78M-E45 (MS-7721)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	17.9% 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)
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

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7721
Motherboard	MSI A78M-E45 (MS-7721) (all builds)
Memory	8.7 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141215
Uptime	3.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 11 '17 at 01:32
Run Duration	556 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD A10-7850K APU (2014 D.Ka)-$135 19,875 User benchmarks, average bench 45% P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	51% Above average	Memory 61.9 1-Core 76.3 2-Core 141 54% 93 Pts	4-Core 234 8-Core 227 31% 231 Pts	64-Core 223 14% 223 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 54%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% MSI(1462 3102) CLim: 1333 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.19 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	17.9% Very poor	Lighting 22.3 Reflection 17.3 Parallax 20.4 18% 20 fps	MRender 25.4 Gravity 23.3 Splatting 17.3 18% 22 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 17.9% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 513GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 197 167 1108 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 961 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 15036 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 753 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 411 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 810 (C2) HDA temperature 102 76 41 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 6 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0
Poor: 52% Great: 109%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 1TB 18,390 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 410GB free Firmware: 0304 Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	50.3% Above average	Read 93.4 Write 80.6 Mixed 72.9 62% 82.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.03 4K Write 4.15 4K Mixed 0.47 172% 1.88 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 63%
Seagate ST3200820AS 200GB 1,565 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 108GB free Firmware: 3.AHG Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 84 84 16912 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 317733301 (09) Power-on hours count 55 55 39709 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 86 86 14981 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 255 49 1701118053 (C2) HDA temperature 101 101 64424509541 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 61 49 87627215 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 196 6351 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0
Poor: 17% Great: 41%
Seagate ST3200820AS 200GB 1,565 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 108GB free Firmware: 3.AHG Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 84 84 17384 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 88 60 741803653 (09) Power-on hours count 59 59 36272 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 86 86 15082 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 54 30 4935692189742 (C2) HDA temperature 46 70 55834574894 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 67 60 80083782 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0
Poor: 17% Great: 41%
Seagate ST380013AS 80GB-$75 2,837 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 72GB free Firmware: 8.12 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 60 51 63764118 (03) Spinup time 99 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1467 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 445468975 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 15980 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1201 (C2) HDA temperature 41 47 55834574889 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 60 51 63764118 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	31% Below average	Read 54.9 Write 52.7 Mixed 54.2 41% 53.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.44 102% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 31% Great: 32%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 124GB 300 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 100GB free, PID 00d2 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	26.3% Poor	Read 117 Write 11.8 Mixed 16.5 41% 48.5 MB/s	4K Read 9.94 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.52 104% 3.97 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 26.3% Great: 52%
Generic USB Disk 30GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 21GB free, PID null Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	10.6% Very poor	Read 22.7 Write 20.3 Mixed 5.1 19% 16.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.15 37% 0.45 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 10.6% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G Nanya NT2GC64B88G0NF-DI KHX1866C10D3/4G Nanya NT2GC64B88G0NF-DI 12GB 1866, 1600, 1866, 1600 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	25.7% Poor	MC Read 9.7 MC Write 8.5 MC Mixed 8.3 25% 8.83 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 6.9 20% 7.07 GB/s	Latency 122 33% 122 ns

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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 $152Bench 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 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16