MSI A78M-E35 (MS-7721)

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 54.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	29.5% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7721
Motherboard	MSI A78M-E35 (MS-7721) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141215
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 08 '18 at 20:26
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon X4 880K-$105 8,721 User benchmarks, average bench 46% P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	54.9% Above average	Memory 72.5 1-Core 49.4 2-Core 141 51% 87.7 Pts	4-Core 217 8-Core 218 29% 217 Pts	64-Core 212 13% 212 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 55%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3201) 2GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	29.5% Poor	Lighting 43.4 Reflection 40.2 Parallax 37.5 35% 40.4 fps	MRender 38 Gravity 38.4 Splatting 0.09 18% 25.5 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 29.5% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX900 256GB-$164 6,726 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 238GB free Firmware: 5.8.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 212 201 201 202 200 203 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	Read 383 Write 265 Mixed 274 SusWrite 203 63% 281 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 56.8 4K Mixed 29.7 105% 37 MB/s	DQ Read 255 DQ Write 234 DQ Mixed 231 177% 240 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 90%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2TB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 71 82 86 75 107 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	67.7% Good	Read 152 Write 155 Mixed 84.7 SusWrite 82.9 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1.1 213% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ32GX3M4X1600C10 CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 1333, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	36.6% Below average	MC Read 16 MC Write 9.1 MC Mixed 14.5 38% 13.2 GB/s	SC Read 6.7 SC Write 7.9 SC Mixed 8.8 22% 7.8 GB/s	Latency 95.7 42% 95.7 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 37%

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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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Workstation 6%

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Motherboard: MSI A78M-E35 (MS-7721) - $63

CPU
A8-6600K APUAMD $88Bench 50%, 21,890 samples	31x
Athlon II X4 860KAMD $51Bench 45%, 29,887 samples	21x
Athlon II X4 760K (2013 D.Ri)AMD $59Bench 51%, 6,408 samples	14x

GPU
Radeon HD 8570DAMDBench 4%, 8,328 samples	15x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	13x
Radeon HD 8470DAMDBench 3%, 8,268 samples	11x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	7x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	5x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	4x

RAM
BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 8GBUnknownBench 38%, 2,343 samples	9x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	6x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	4x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $179

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