MSI A78M-E45 (MS-7721)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 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 45.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	13.2% 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	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	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 (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7721
Motherboard	MSI A78M-E45 (MS-7721) (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141020
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 28 '17 at 00:46
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon II X4 860K-$51 29,887 User benchmarks, average bench 45% P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	45.7% Average	Memory 66.7 1-Core 54.8 2-Core 109 47% 76.9 Pts	4-Core 144 8-Core 152 20% 148 Pts	64-Core 149 9% 149 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 54%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-$120 66,662 User benchmarks, average bench 15% Gigabyte(1458 362E) 1GB CLim: 1333 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	13.2% Very poor	Lighting 15.4 Reflection 15.3 Parallax 16.3 12% 15.6 fps	MRender 21.7 Gravity 17.2 Splatting 15.7 15% 18.2 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 13.2% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST31000521AS 1TB 390 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 613GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC14 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 232301671 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 835 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 228378537 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6430 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 828 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 59 471203867 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 43 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 838 (C2) HDA temperature 27 41 73014444059 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 49 30 232301671 (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 -30782030601614 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1089041046 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3876726500	68.5% Good	Read 129 Write 110 Mixed 109 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.5 112% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 75%
WD My Passport 0820 2TB 18,744 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 641GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	20.2% Poor	Read 74.6 Write 33.4 Mixed 38.2 55% 48.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.25 4K Write 0.67 4K Mixed 0.11 28% 0.34 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 20.2% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-1600C9-8GXM F3-1600C9-8GXM 16GB 445 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	29.7% Poor	MC Read 12.3 MC Write 8.5 MC Mixed 11.8 31% 10.9 GB/s	SC Read 4.3 SC Write 4.5 SC Mixed 7.1 15% 5.3 GB/s	Latency 109 36% 109 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 29.7% Great: 58%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $158Bench 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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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