MSI A68HM GRENADE (MS-7891)

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 58%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	76.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	71.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7891
Motherboard	MSI A68HM GRENADE (MS-7891) (all builds)
Memory	7.8 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160727
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 24 '20 at 21:07
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	58% Above average	Memory 84.2 1-Core 66 2-Core 122 57% 90.8 Pts	4-Core 184 8-Core 205 26% 195 Pts	64-Core 195 12% 195 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 54%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% Asus(1043 04C4) CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.2.2 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.7% Very good	Lighting 83.9 Reflection 86.7 Parallax 160 68% 110 fps	MRender 89 Gravity 116 Splatting 128 93% 111 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: 506ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 166 168 153 152 156 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Read 376 Write 222 Mixed 230 SusWrite 162 55% 247 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 74.7 4K Mixed 29.3 124% 45.1 MB/s	DQ Read 210 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 138 120% 177 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 87%
Seagate ST31000424CS 1TB 1,846 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 156GB free Firmware: CA13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 64 66 66 66 66 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	45.4% Average	Read 92.3 Write 90 Mixed 51.5 SusWrite 65.8 55% 74.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 134% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1600C9D3/4GX 12GB 187 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1866, 1333 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	41.8% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 9.3 MC Mixed 17.8 42% 14.8 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 11.4 26% 9.2 GB/s	Latency 73.1 55% 73.1 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 57%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical A68HM GRENADE (MS-7891) Builds (Compare 171 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 8%

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Desktop 47%

Yacht

Workstation 8%

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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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16