MSI A68HM GRENADE (MS-7891)

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 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 47.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	75.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

1 month ago, 1 month ago.

System	MSI MS-7891
Motherboard	MSI A68HM GRENADE (MS-7891) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150327
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 31 '23 at 19:19
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	36%

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PC Performing below expectations (36^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 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	47.7% Average	Memory 60.5 1-Core 72.5 2-Core 135 52% 89.3 Pts	4-Core 206 8-Core 191 27% 199 Pts	64-Core 201 12% 201 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 55%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$200 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2127 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 528.02 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.5% Very good	Lighting 93.7 Reflection 107 Parallax 98 76% 99.6 fps	MRender 75.5 Gravity 94.9 Splatting 96.1 74% 88.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$75 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 165GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 540 540 320 310 302 317 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 74% Great: 129%
Kingston A400 480GB-$26 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 132GB free Firmware: SBFKB1E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 250 224 305 257 292 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	34.6% Below average	Read 174 Write 95.8 Mixed 82.1 SusWrite 246 34% 149 MB/s	4K Read 11.6 4K Write 17.5 4K Mixed 9.7 39% 12.9 MB/s	DQ Read 14.8 DQ Write 16 DQ Mixed 14.6 11% 15.1 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 102%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$129 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 32GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 263 240 235 221 220 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Read 466 Write 396 Mixed 309 SusWrite 225 78% 349 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 62.9 4K Mixed 31 110% 39.4 MB/s	DQ Read 269 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 244 184% 247 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 124%
Jmicron Generic 320GB 857 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 213GB free Firmware: 9201 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 5,082 Mixed 35.3 1,830% 2,559 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 11% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1866 CL10 Series 1866 CL10 Series 16GB 224 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 1866, 1866 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	41.2% Average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 10.2 MC Mixed 17 43% 15.2 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 11.4 27% 9.53 GB/s	Latency 126 32% 126 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 58%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds.

SkillBench Score 44: 5R 6G 1B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware.

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
44%	19%	62	83	4	60	27"	1920 1080	ACI27F6 ASUS VE278

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 47%

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Workstation 8%

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Motherboard: MSI A68HM GRENADE (MS-7891)

CPU
A8-7650K APU (2014 D.Ka)AMDBench 44%, 15,487 samples	35x
Athlon II X4 860KAMD $80Bench 45%, 29,887 samples	24x
A8-7600 APU (2014 D.Ka)AMDBench 42%, 31,243 samples	13x

GPU
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 5%, 22,117 samples	30x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $120Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	12x
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 6%, 25,284 samples	7x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $17Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	12x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	4x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $70Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	4x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	9x
1866 CL10 Series 1866 CL10 Series 16GBUnknownBench 36%, 224 samples	6x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 16GBUnknownBench 40%, 1,247 samples	6x

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Value: 31% - Below average

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $320	Nvidia RTX 3060 $350	Crucial MX500 250GB $34
Intel Core i5-12600K $194	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $420	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $106
Intel Core i5-12400F $158	Nvidia RTX 4070-Ti $830	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $50

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $381	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16