MSI A88XM-E45 V2 (MS-7721)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 50.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	62.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7721
Motherboard	MSI A88XM-E45 V2 (MS-7721) (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160810
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '17 at 04:54
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD A10-7860K APU (2014 D.Ka)-$175 12,658 User benchmarks, average bench 43% P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	Memory 67.4 1-Core 69 2-Core 125 52% 87.1 Pts	4-Core 199 8-Core 188 26% 194 Pts	64-Core 196 12% 196 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 52%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% EVGA(3842 6367) 3GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.4% Good	Lighting 79 Reflection 76.3 Parallax 72.4 64% 75.9 fps	MRender 72.2 Gravity 71.6 Splatting 71.2 59% 71.7 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD WD1000FYPS-01ZKB0 1TB 1,867 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 840GB free (System drive) Firmware: 02.01B02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 163 8408 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 89 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 50 49 37071 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 74 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 36 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 162 162 114321 (C2) HDA temperature 117 110 35 (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	39.4% Below average	Read 66.1 Write 71.2 Mixed 64 50% 67.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.17 4K Write 0.66 4K Mixed 0.11 31% 0.31 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 44%
WD My Passport 0827 2TB 4,635 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 841GB free, PID 0827 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	35.1% Below average	Read 81.5 Write 86.3 Mixed 66.5 100% 78.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.19 57% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16JTF51264AZ-1G6M1 Hynix HMT451U6AFR8A-PB Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	36.5% Below average	MC Read 17 MC Write 7.8 MC Mixed 14.4 37% 13.1 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 11 26% 9 GB/s	Latency 108 37% 108 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 62%

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

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Gaming 15%

Surfboard

Desktop 56%

Gunboat

Workstation 12%

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Motherboard: MSI A88XM-E45 V2 (MS-7721)

CPU
A8-7650K APU (2014 D.Ka)AMDBench 44%, 15,487 samples	3x
A10-7870K APU (2014 D.Ka)AMD $135Bench 46%, 9,821 samples	3x
A10-7890K APU (2014 D.Ka)AMD $889Bench 47%, 6,638 samples	3x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	5x
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 6%, 25,284 samples	4x
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 5%, 22,117 samples	2x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	2x
SSDNow UV400 120GBKingston $35Bench 67%, 80,916 samples	1x
850 Pro 256GBSamsung $125Bench 102%, 141,929 samples	1x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 32%, 29,968 samples	2x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x4GBKingstonBench 27%, 3,140 samples	1x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	1x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $87

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16