MSI A68HM GRENADE (MS-7891)

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 43% Speed boat	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 41.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	3.05% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	5.5% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.

System	MSI MS-7891
Motherboard	MSI A68HM GRENADE (MS-7891) (all builds)
Memory	7.4 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160727
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 14 '20 at 13:34
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon X4 880K-$105 8,721 User benchmarks, average bench 46% P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	41.6% Average	Memory 53.7 1-Core 72.2 2-Core 126 49% 84.1 Pts	4-Core 165 8-Core 212 24% 188 Pts	64-Core 214 13% 214 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 55%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 720 15,510 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Palit(1569 1288) 2GB CLim: 797 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	3.05% Terrible	Lighting 3.5 Reflection 3.85 Parallax 3.19 3% 3.51 fps	MRender 3.81 Gravity 3.23 Splatting 5.17 3% 4.07 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.05% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung MMCRE64G5MXP-0VB 64GB 191 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: VBM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 65 54 90 91 28 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	5.5% Terrible	Read 27.5 Write 14.5 Mixed 22.3 SusWrite 64.8 7% 32.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.3 2% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 5.5% Great: 33%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 348GB free Firmware: 19.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 112 107 109 111 109 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	64.1% Good	Read 114 Write 114 Mixed 72.6 SusWrite 110 75% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 177% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 69%
Maxtor Basics Desktop 500GB 444 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 199GB free, PID 7410 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 28 27 28 29 30 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	13% Very poor	Read 31.5 Write 5.8 Mixed 10 SusWrite 28.3 23% 18.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.8 53% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 13% Great: 20%
SanDisk Cruzer Force 16GB 5,753 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 12GB free, PID 557d Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.9 4.8 4.3 5.8 5.9 5.9 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	7.22% Terrible	Read 17.2 Write 6.2 Mixed 6.7 SusWrite 5.1 10% 8.8 MB/s	4K Read 2.3 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 1.5 94% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.22% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5403-160.A00LF Micron 8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 12GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	35.3% Below average	MC Read 15.3 MC Write 8.6 MC Mixed 14.5 37% 12.8 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 11.4 27% 9.3 GB/s	Latency 148 27% 148 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 42%

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Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 47%

Yacht

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: 21% - Poor

Total price: $28

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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