MSI A88X-G45 GAMING (MS-7900)

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 54.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	58.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	51% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

High background CPU (21%). 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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7900
Motherboard	MSI A88X-G45 GAMING (MS-7900) (all builds)
Memory	8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160727
Uptime	2.7 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '17 at 15:25
Run Duration	424 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD A10-7850K APU (2014 D.Ka)-$135 19,875 User benchmarks, average bench 45% P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.8% Above average	Memory 70.7 1-Core 77.3 2-Core 142 57% 96.8 Pts	4-Core 226 8-Core 227 30% 227 Pts	64-Core 245 15% 245 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 54%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1080 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 16.12.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Lighting 72.3 Reflection 61.8 Parallax 88 59% 74 fps	MRender 62.7 Gravity 62.8 Splatting 81.3 58% 68.9 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin ECO2 240GB-$109 340 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 75GB free Firmware: 603A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 5091591 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 99419902974251 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 42 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 22 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 31 39 1009319870495 (C2) HDA temperature 31 39 1009319870495 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5091591 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5091591 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5091591 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 92 92 17179869185 (E9) Unknown 0 0 5349 (EA) Unknown 0 0 193 (F1) Unknown 0 0 193 (F2) Unknown 0 0 200	63.9% Good	Read 310 Write 235 Mixed 196 55% 247 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 87.8 4K Mixed 16.7 106% 43.2 MB/s	DQ Read 71.6 DQ Write 212 DQ Mixed 32.3 56% 105 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 83%
Mushkin ECO2 120GB-$70 304 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 23593785 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 -139406048477120 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 271 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 136 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 32 41 60132229152 (C2) HDA temperature 32 41 60132229152 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 23593785 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 23593785 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 23593785 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 78 78 34359738369 (E9) Unknown 0 0 68779 (EA) Unknown 0 0 19717 (F1) Unknown 0 0 19717 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7300	51% Above average	Read 433 Write 98.8 Mixed 112 46% 214 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 88.2 4K Mixed 7.1 85% 38.1 MB/s	DQ Read 76.1 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 29 39% 68.9 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 75%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2TB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 160243688 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1700 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 28373393 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 16911 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 326 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 65 471400475 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 35 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 28477 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 60129542171 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 76476187684577 (F1) Unknown 100 253 22520104021 (F2) Unknown 100 253 574899495149	70.4% Very good	Read 129 Write 116 Mixed 108 88% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.15 72% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 96%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 190GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 37402840 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 232 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 13069199 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11989 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 137 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 68 454426649 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 58 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 298 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 55834574873 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 26018911890975 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9762335665 (F2) Unknown 100 253 207622227800	70.8% Very good	Read 123 Write 122 Mixed 116 91% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 5.49 4K Mixed 0.61 194% 2.22 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 112%
ADATA USB Flash Drive 125GB 42 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 111GB free, PID db8a Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	13.2% Very poor	Read 28.8 Write 26.9 Mixed 12.4 27% 22.7 MB/s	4K Read 4.41 4K Write 0.69 4K Mixed 0.53 58% 1.88 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 13.2% Great: 37%
TS-RDF5 SD Transcend 129GB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 108GB free, PID 4000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	31.6% Below average	Read 22.4 Write 37.8 Mixed 27.9 40% 29.3 MB/s	4K Read 3.02 4K Write 6.32 4K Mixed 2.04 295% 3.79 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 32%
Adata DashDrive UV128 USB 3.0 32GB-$11 2,386 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 28GB free, PID db8a Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	26.1% Poor	Read 128 Write 20.6 Mixed 6.35 42% 51.7 MB/s	4K Read 9.9 4K Write 0.22 4K Mixed 0.03 46% 3.38 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 26.1% Great: 37%
Adata DashDrive UV128 USB 3.0 16GB 2,489 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 14GB free, PID db8a Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	11.8% Very poor	Read 41.1 Write 11.8 Mixed 10.5 21% 21.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.91 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.56 61% 2.06 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 11.8% Great: 30%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 20,216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2134 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.4% Average	MC Read 19.5 MC Write 9 MC Mixed 18 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 8.1 SC Mixed 11.5 27% 9.37 GB/s	Latency 99.7 40% 99.7 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 86%

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Typical A88X-G45 GAMING (MS-7900) Builds (Compare 110 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 6%

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Desktop 48%

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Workstation 5%

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Motherboard: MSI A88X-G45 GAMING (MS-7900) - $119

CPU
A10-7850K APU (2014 D.Ka)AMD $135Bench 45%, 19,875 samples	31x
A10-6800K APU (2013 D.Ri)AMD $467Bench 51%, 11,295 samples	18x
A10-7870K APU (2014 D.Ka)AMD $135Bench 46%, 9,821 samples	11x

GPU
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 6%, 25,284 samples	13x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	9x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	7x

SSD
S280 480GBKingdianBench 84%, 2,297 samples	8x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	4x
SSD Plus 120GBSanDisk $42Bench 58%, 87,912 samples	3x

RAM
M378B1G73QH0-CK0 1x8GBSamsungBench 29%, 7,106 samples	6x
F3-12800CL9-4GBXL F3-12800CL9-4GBXL F3-12800CL9-4GBXL F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 16GBUnknownBench 51%, 517 samples	5x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 49%, 26,466 samples	3x

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Value: 55% - Above average

Total price: $254

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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