MSI A68HM GRENADE (MS-7891)

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 55.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	80.2% 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	63% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

System	MSI MS-7891
Motherboard	MSI A68HM GRENADE (MS-7891) (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160727
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '21 at 01:14
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^th 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 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	Memory 74.5 1-Core 56.9 2-Core 125 52% 85.3 Pts	4-Core 215 8-Core 214 29% 215 Pts	64-Core 212 13% 212 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 55%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% EVGA(3842 1266) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 98.6 Parallax 90.4 85% 97.8 fps	MRender 97.9 Gravity 88.2 Splatting 77.1 71% 87.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Orico M200 128GB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: S1022A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 124 124 139 74 139 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	63% Good	Read 459 Write 374 Mixed 368 SusWrite 121 74% 331 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 78.6 4K Mixed 19.5 101% 40.4 MB/s	DQ Read 171 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 1 45% 108 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 85%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 931GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 95 93 97 96 93 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	53.2% Above average	Read 92.9 Write 91.2 Mixed 63.1 SusWrite 92.4 62% 84.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL9 Series 1600 CL9 Series 8GB 220 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	39% Below average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 8.9 MC Mixed 15.4 40% 13.8 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 11.8 27% 9.53 GB/s	Latency 91.4 44% 91.4 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 57%

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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: 21% - Poor

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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