MSI A68HM GRENADE (MS-7891)

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 51.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	4.3% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	84.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7891
Motherboard	MSI A68HM GRENADE (MS-7891) (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150415
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Mar 05 '17 at 17:17
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD A8-6600K APU-$88 21,890 User benchmarks, average bench 50% P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	51.2% Above average	Memory 75 1-Core 64.7 2-Core 116 53% 85.1 Pts	4-Core 161 8-Core 167 22% 164 Pts	64-Core 165 10% 165 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 8570D 8,328 User benchmarks, average bench 4% MSI(1462 7891) 768MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	4.3% Terrible	Lighting 5.07 Reflection 7.38 Parallax 4.72 4% 5.72 fps	MRender 4.43 Gravity 4.23 Splatting 7.48 5% 5.38 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.3% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4265 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 605 (B1) Unknown 94 94 119 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 55 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 190 (F1) Unknown 99 99 17358147618	84.7% Excellent	Read 507 Write 383 Mixed 403 96% 431 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 56.4 4K Mixed 29.3 117% 39.5 MB/s	DQ Read 135 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 54.5 59% 99.2 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 115%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 788GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 174 2175 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1243 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3694 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 579 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 100 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1142 (C2) HDA temperature 111 103 32 (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	93% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 148 Mixed 147 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.67 4K Mixed 0.32 118% 1.26 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 109%
JetFlash Transcend 32GB 11,405 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 29GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	15.3% Very poor	Read 32.3 Write 29.4 Mixed 23.2 35% 28.3 MB/s	4K Read 3.55 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.83 79% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 15.3% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya M2F8G64CB8HD5N-DI 2x8GB 842 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	29.9% Poor	MC Read 14.3 MC Write 5.9 MC Mixed 10.5 29% 10.2 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 6.3 SC Mixed 9.3 21% 7.5 GB/s	Latency 90.4 44% 90.4 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 29.9% Great: 60%

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

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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 $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 $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