MSI A68HM-E33 V2 (MS-7721)

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 55% Gunboat	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 42.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	78.4% 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	77.2% 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.

System	MSI MS-7721
Motherboard	MSI A68HM-E33 V2 (MS-7721) (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160810
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 06 '22 at 21:24
Run Duration	301 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD A8-7600 APU (2014 D.Ka) 31,243 User benchmarks, average bench 42% P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	42.4% Average	Memory 53.6 1-Core 63.9 2-Core 112 45% 76.6 Pts	4-Core 183 8-Core 176 24% 179 Pts	64-Core 179 11% 179 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 51%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1445) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 496.13 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.4% Very good	Lighting 96.2 Reflection 107 Parallax 106 78% 103 fps	MRender 94.3 Gravity 96.5 Splatting 96.4 78% 95.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 88%
AMD Radeon R7 Graphics 22,117 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7721) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 21.4.1 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	5.77% Terrible	Lighting 7 Reflection 8.3 Parallax 9.8 6% 8.37 fps	MRender 6.4 Gravity 7.4 Splatting 7.6 6% 7.13 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.77% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS200T2B0A 2TB 2,924 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 250 290 328 320 308 317 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Read 344 Write 325 Mixed 236 SusWrite 302 68% 302 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 56.8 4K Mixed 33.4 114% 39 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 168 DQ Mixed 108 110% 182 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 117%
WD Blue 500GB-$84 19,345 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 463GB free Firmware: X41100WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 253 288 301 296 296 297 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Read 374 Write 344 Mixed 259 SusWrite 288 71% 316 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 58.3 4K Mixed 34.1 116% 39.9 MB/s	DQ Read 263 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 170 136% 194 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 107%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 145 145 148 145 146 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Read 140 Write 141 Mixed 93.2 SusWrite 142 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 187% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 101%
Seagate Expansion Desk 8TB 11,959 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 4.5TB free Firmware: 9401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 164 176 174 173 171 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Read 127 Write 146 Mixed 78.3 SusWrite 166 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 2.2 4K Write 3.8 4K Mixed 0.6 229% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	35.4% Below average	MC Read 15.6 MC Write 8.6 MC Mixed 15.1 37% 13.1 GB/s	SC Read 7.4 SC Write 7 SC Mixed 9.8 23% 8.07 GB/s	Latency 148 27% 148 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 63%

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Typical A68HM-E33 V2 (MS-7721) Builds (Compare 1,074 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 8%

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Desktop 45%

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Workstation 7%

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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 $32Bench 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 $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