MSI A68HM GRENADE (MS-7891)

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 51.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	7.42% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	32.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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-7891
Motherboard	MSI A68HM GRENADE (MS-7891) (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150415
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 12 '18 at 21:00
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD A10-7870K APU (2014 D.Ka)-$135 9,821 User benchmarks, average bench 46% P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	Memory 68.6 1-Core 70.9 2-Core 120 52% 86.4 Pts	4-Core 204 8-Core 210 28% 207 Pts	64-Core 211 13% 211 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 55%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon R7 Graphics 25,284 User benchmarks, average bench 6% MSI(1462 7891) 2GB Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.5.1 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	7.42% Terrible	Lighting 9.37 Reflection 8 Parallax 14.2 8% 10.5 fps	MRender 6.19 Gravity 10.7 Splatting 8.52 7% 8.48 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.42% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Blaze 60GB-$62 661 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 3GB free (System drive) Firmware: S9FM02.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6589 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2117 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 20 (AD) Unknown 100 100 206897471 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 55 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 30 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6398279	32.2% Below average	Read 303 Write 75.3 Mixed 163 39% 181 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 28 4K Mixed 2.39 52% 17.6 MB/s	DQ Read 25.8 DQ Write 33.3 DQ Mixed 3.65 10% 20.9 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 62%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 631GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 169 2266 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2537 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6542 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2104 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 108 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 183 183 52922 (C2) HDA temperature 113 98 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 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 487 (F1) Unknown 200 200 10668936658 (F2) Unknown 200 200 6645117374	105% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 173 Mixed 152 129% 173 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.35 112% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL10-8GBXL F3-12800CL10-8GBXL 16GB 527 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	36.6% Below average	MC Read 16 MC Write 9 MC Mixed 14 37% 13 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 11 27% 9.33 GB/s	Latency 105 38% 105 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 52%

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Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 47%

Yacht

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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