MSI A78M-E45 (MS-7721)

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 43% Speed boat	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 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 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 43.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	1.46% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	55.8% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (59%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7721
Motherboard	MSI A78M-E45 (MS-7721) (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140318
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Oct 31 '23 at 16:12
Run Duration	121 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	59%

PC Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD A10-5700 APU (2012 D.Tr)-$265 6,606 User benchmarks, average bench 48% P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	43.1% Average	Memory 61.1 1-Core 60.9 2-Core 100 46% 74.2 Pts	4-Core 146 8-Core 148 20% 147 Pts	64-Core 141 9% 141 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 7660D 7,665 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7721) 768MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	1.46% Terrible	Lighting 0.2 Reflection 6 Parallax 6.5 0% 4.23 fps	MRender 2.4 Gravity 5.9 Splatting 5.7 4% 4.67 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 1.46% Great: 6%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ct1000bx 50 1TB 468 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 353GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 17 93 354 367 367 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	55.8% Above average	Read 310 Write 332 Mixed 300 SusWrite 201 64% 286 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 65.3 4K Mixed 17.5 94% 35.8 MB/s	DQ Read 125 DQ Write 20.8 DQ Mixed 0.4 19% 48.7 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 91%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung 2133 CL11 Series 2x8GB 87 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Relative performance (0^th percentile)	18.8% Very poor	MC Read 8.1 MC Write 4 MC Mixed 5.8 17% 5.97 GB/s	SC Read 6.5 SC Write 4.6 SC Mixed 7.2 17% 6.1 GB/s	Latency 125 32% 125 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 18.8% Great: 78%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	68	56	60	27"	1280 720	SAM0D32 C27F390

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Typical A78M-E45 (MS-7721) Builds (Compare 67 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 9%

Tree trunk

Desktop 49%

Yacht

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: MSI A78M-E45 (MS-7721) - $89

CPU
Athlon II X4 860KAMD $51Bench 45%, 29,887 samples	11x
Athlon II X4 760K (2013 D.Ri)AMD $59Bench 51%, 6,408 samples	9x
A8-7600 APU (2014 D.Ka)AMDBench 42%, 31,243 samples	8x

GPU
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 5%, 22,117 samples	6x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	6x
HD 6870AMDBench 15%, 25,443 samples	4x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	4x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $154Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	3x
WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GBWDCBench 93%, 97,462 samples	3x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	3x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 50%, 27,024 samples	2x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	2x

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Value: 33% - Below average

Total price: $240

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16