MSI A78M-E45 (MS-7721)

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 56.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	37.2% 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)
Boot Drive	69.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7721
Motherboard	MSI A78M-E45 (MS-7721) (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141215
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 26 '17 at 19:27
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	38%

PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon II X4 860K-$51 29,887 User benchmarks, average bench 45% P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	56.4% Above average	Memory 74.9 1-Core 73.9 2-Core 134 57% 94.3 Pts	4-Core 221 8-Core 220 30% 221 Pts	64-Core 224 14% 224 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 54%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 3969) CLim: 1569 MHz, MLim: 1757 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.2% Below average	Lighting 49.8 Reflection 46.5 Parallax 41.3 41% 45.9 fps	MRender 30.7 Gravity 43.2 Splatting 38 31% 37.3 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 383GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR021 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1913 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 584 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 14 (AE) Unknown 100 100 133 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 56 188979544099 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 7115735742 (F7) Unknown 100 100 223245071 (F8) Unknown 100 100 85242066 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1912 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	69.9% Good	Read 463 Write 307 Mixed 308 80% 359 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 51.5 4K Mixed 22.1 88% 31.7 MB/s	DQ Read 164 DQ Write 93.5 DQ Mixed 45.6 56% 101 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 99%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$36 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 40GB free Firmware: 600ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8593634269 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 -28226525063810 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1640 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 266 (B1) Unknown 0 0 94 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 46 68722491422 (C2) HDA temperature 30 46 68722491422 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 98 98 8593634269 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 98 98 8593634269 (CC) Soft ECC correction 98 98 8593634269 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 17179869184 (E9) Unknown 0 0 24700 (EA) Unknown 0 0 19700 (F1) Unknown 0 0 19700 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11948 (F4) Unknown 94 94 196673726	55.9% Above average	Read 510 Write 114 Mixed 150 56% 258 MB/s	4K Read 18.1 4K Write 74.6 4K Mixed 13.1 84% 35.2 MB/s	DQ Read 76 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 30.4 41% 73.8 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 73%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$72 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 355GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 122 109 6866 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4741 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12793 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1784 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 274 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 169 169 95531 (C2) HDA temperature 115 97 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	41.2% Average	Read 76.4 Write 67.1 Mixed 70.2 54% 71.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.32 81% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 57%
Seagate ST3250824A 250GB 149 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 125GB free Firmware: 3.AAD Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 96 17655131 (03) Spinup time 99 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6527 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 13193779652 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13818 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 99 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4522 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 47 521863199 (C2) HDA temperature 31 53 42949672991 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 81 48 144548844 (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	26.8% Poor	Read 54.3 Write 38.7 Mixed 46.3 35% 46.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.4 86% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 26.8% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL9.9-9 D3-1600 CL9.9-9 D3-1600 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	26.6% Poor	MC Read 9.3 MC Write 8.8 MC Mixed 7.8 25% 8.63 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 8.2 23% 8.13 GB/s	Latency 90.7 44% 90.7 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 26.6% Great: 36%

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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 $138Bench 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 i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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