MSI A68HM GRENADE (MS-7891)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 24.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

System	MSI MS-7891
Motherboard	MSI A68HM GRENADE (MS-7891) (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150415
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 25 '18 at 18:13
Run Duration	96 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD A6-6400K APU-$81 13,306 User benchmarks, average bench 40% P0, 1 CPU, 1 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	24.6% Poor	Memory 37.9 1-Core 19.4 2-Core 69.1 25% 42.1 Pts	4-Core 65.8 8-Core 71 9% 68.4 Pts	64-Core 46.2 3% 46.2 Pts
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 24.6% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
HGST Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 1TB 129,581 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 799GB free (System drive) Firmware: JA0OA710 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 95 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 191 100 55834574849 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1291 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 3512 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1048 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 95 3895535599629 (BC) Unknown 100 100 7 (BE) vendor-specific 72 53 387711004 (BF) G-sense error rate 93 93 1841 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11600049 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 179310 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	52.8% Above average	Read 96.1 Write 87.8 Mixed 85.7 68% 89.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.14 58% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 57%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 675GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 169 2308 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 380 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 453 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 371 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 200 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 211 (C2) HDA temperature 113 100 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	88.5% Excellent	Read 150 Write 158 Mixed 155 116% 154 MB/s	4K Read 1.31 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.32 130% 1.26 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMV4GX3M1A1600C11 Hynix DMT451E6BFR8C-PB 8GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	15.2% Very poor	MC Read 4.4 MC Write 4.4 MC Mixed 7.1 15% 5.3 GB/s	SC Read 3.6 SC Write 3.4 SC Mixed 4.6 11% 3.87 GB/s	Latency 212 19% 212 ns
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 15.2% Great: 25%

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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

Total price: $28

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16