MSI A68HI AC (MS-7969)

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 54.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	34.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	63.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7969
Motherboard	MSI A68HI AC (MS-7969) (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160818
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '17 at 06:37
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	31%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 above expectations (88^th percentile)	54.8% Above average	Memory 77.8 1-Core 61.1 2-Core 95.3 51% 78.1 Pts	4-Core 187 8-Core 186 25% 187 Pts	64-Core 188 12% 188 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% EVGA(3842 6258) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	34.9% Below average	Lighting 44.8 Reflection 31 Parallax 32.9 36% 36.2 fps	MRender 38.3 Gravity 41.5 Splatting 36.7 32% 38.8 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP600 128GB 8,600 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 97GB free (System drive) Firmware: 6.8E Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (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 100 100 9 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 19 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 655362 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 199 199 4295294979 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 542 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 13 (C2) HDA temperature 65 65 150325690403 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 602091520 (EA) Unknown 100 100 686605504 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 582550591 (F2) Unknown 100 100 580784068	63.5% Good	Read 473 Write 145 Mixed 224 61% 281 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 70.3 4K Mixed 19.7 99% 38 MB/s	DQ Read 147 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 29 54% 106 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 92%
Seagate ST1500DM003-9YN16G 1.5TB 5,186 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1TB free Firmware: HP16 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 216972192 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1831 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 13248911341 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13453 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1823 (B4) Unknown 100 100 498598009 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065666 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 58 639369254 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 711 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 27802 (C2) HDA temperature 38 42 73014444070 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 16 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	111% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 199 Mixed 180 142% 189 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.36 104% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 103%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 931GB free Firmware: HP35 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 131337252 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2860 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 186600889 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4705 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1424 (B4) Unknown 100 100 4294967293 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 60 572063778 (C2) HDA temperature 34 40 64424509474 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 43 30 131337252 (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 200 200 0	64.7% Good	Read 113 Write 113 Mixed 93.6 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.64 127% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5273DH0-CK0 2x4GB 6,893 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB 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	34.5% Below average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 6.6 MC Mixed 12.3 34% 11.9 GB/s	SC Read 8.4 SC Write 7.2 SC Mixed 10.6 25% 8.73 GB/s	Latency 84.8 47% 84.8 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 61%

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Gaming 6%

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Desktop 46%

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Workstation 5%

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Motherboard: MSI A68HI AC (MS-7969)

CPU
A10-7860K APU (2014 D.Ka)AMD $175Bench 43%, 12,658 samples	24x
Athlon II X4 860KAMD $51Bench 45%, 29,887 samples	4x
A10-7870K APU (2014 D.Ka)AMD $135Bench 46%, 9,821 samples	3x

GPU
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 6%, 25,284 samples	16x
GTX 760Nvidia $209Bench 26%, 161,132 samples	6x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	4x

SSD
SQ500S37240G 240GBKingstonBench 74%, 1,214 samples	11x
WDBNCE5000PNC 500GBWDCBench 94%, 17,781 samples	10x
Torch 60GBPatriot $30Bench 48%, 156 samples	3x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 32%, 29,968 samples	9x
M378B1G73QH0-CK0 SUPERTALENT02 12GBSamsungBench 32%, 8 samples	5x
M378B1G73QH0-CK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 54%, 6,401 samples	4x

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Value: 49% - Average

Total price: $175

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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