MSI A68HI AC (MS-7969)

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 56.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	12.6% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	85.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7969
Motherboard	MSI A68HI AC (MS-7969) (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160818
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '21 at 05:54
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing as expected (55^th 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 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	56.4% Above average	Memory 73.1 1-Core 52.3 2-Core 137 52% 87.6 Pts	4-Core 231 8-Core 236 31% 233 Pts	64-Core 237 15% 237 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 52%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 460-$203 31,648 User benchmarks, average bench 12% EVGA(3842 1370) 1GB CLim: 720 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	12.6% Very poor	Lighting 14.5 Reflection 20.8 Parallax 14.2 12% 16.5 fps	MRender 22.3 Gravity 15.8 Splatting 14.5 14% 17.5 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.6% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDBNCE5000PNC 500GB 17,781 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 374GB free (System drive) Firmware: 415000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 288 223 220 214 222 217 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Read 468 Write 421 Mixed 351 SusWrite 230 82% 368 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 82.1 4K Mixed 38.2 134% 49.3 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 234 DQ Mixed 226 177% 244 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 115%
PNY CS900 500GB SSD 16,267 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 465GB free Firmware: CS900613 SusWrite @10s intervals: 322 388 98 170 100 188 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	69.5% Good	Read 371 Write 122 Mixed 261 SusWrite 211 54% 241 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 61.6 4K Mixed 29.1 106% 38.2 MB/s	DQ Read 180 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 169 138% 193 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 96%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 151 150 152 152 153 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Read 153 Write 139 Mixed 78.6 SusWrite 149 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 1x8GB 29,968 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28% Poor	MC Read 10.8 MC Write 7.4 MC Mixed 9.4 26% 9.2 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 10 24% 8.57 GB/s	Latency 94.4 42% 94.4 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 28% Great: 40%

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Typical A68HI AC (MS-7969) Builds (Compare 38 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 6%

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Desktop 46%

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Workstation 5%

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Motherboard: MSI A68HI AC (MS-7969)

CPU
A10-7860K APU (2014 D.Ka)AMD $175Bench 43%, 12,658 samples	24x
Athlon II X4 860KAMD $51Bench 45%, 29,887 samples	4x
A10-7870K APU (2014 D.Ka)AMD $135Bench 46%, 9,821 samples	3x

GPU
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 6%, 25,284 samples	16x
GTX 760Nvidia $209Bench 26%, 161,132 samples	6x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	4x

SSD
SQ500S37240G 240GBKingstonBench 74%, 1,214 samples	11x
WDBNCE5000PNC 500GBWDCBench 94%, 17,781 samples	10x
Torch 60GBPatriot $30Bench 48%, 156 samples	3x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 32%, 29,968 samples	9x
M378B1G73QH0-CK0 SUPERTALENT02 12GBSamsungBench 32%, 8 samples	5x
M378B1G73QH0-CK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 54%, 6,401 samples	4x

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Value: 49% - Average

Total price: $175

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