MSI A68HM-E33 V2 (MS-7721)

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 31% 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 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 54.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	76.1% 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	39.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7721
Motherboard	MSI A68HM-E33 V2 (MS-7721) (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181101
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '20 at 07:00
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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 A8-5500 APU-$135 10,478 User benchmarks, average bench 48% P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	54.9% Above average	Memory 79.7 1-Core 61.4 2-Core 103 52% 81.5 Pts	4-Core 179 8-Core 167 24% 173 Pts	64-Core 181 11% 181 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 56%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.1% Very good	Lighting 92.2 Reflection 114 Parallax 103 75% 103 fps	MRender 95.7 Gravity 97.4 Splatting 93.2 78% 95.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 240GB 86,316 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF4500RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 33 9.3 9 26 23 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	39.4% Below average	Read 407 Write 308 Mixed 283 SusWrite 49.6 58% 262 MB/s	4K Read 12.3 4K Write 29.9 4K Mixed 15.1 54% 19.1 MB/s	DQ Read 114 DQ Write 41.7 DQ Mixed 41 40% 65.7 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 56%
WD My Passport 25E1 1TB 31,309 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 307GB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 112 111 112 111 110 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	52.8% Above average	Read 101 Write 90.8 Mixed 55.7 SusWrite 112 121% 89.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.4 167% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5173EB0-CK0 2x4GB 4,503 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	34% Below average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 6.7 MC Mixed 12.1 33% 11.7 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 9.4 23% 8.2 GB/s	Latency 81.1 49% 81.1 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 59%

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

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Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 45%

Speed boat

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: MSI A68HM-E33 V2 (MS-7721)

CPU
A8-7600 APU (2014 D.Ka)AMDBench 42%, 31,243 samples	143x
A8-7650K APU (2014 D.Ka)AMDBench 44%, 15,487 samples	88x
A10-7860K APU (2014 D.Ka)AMD $175Bench 43%, 12,658 samples	77x

GPU
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 5%, 22,117 samples	135x
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 6%, 25,284 samples	93x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	53x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	55x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	41x
Fury 120GBHyperX $160Bench 64%, 11,403 samples	17x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 51%, 38,490 samples	32x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 32%, 29,968 samples	26x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	25x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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