MSI A68HM GRENADE (MS-7891)

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 44.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	4.63% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	75.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7891
Motherboard	MSI A68HM GRENADE (MS-7891) (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160727
Uptime	50.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 05 '21 at 23:21
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD A6-7470K APU (2014 D.Ka) 227 User benchmarks, average bench 39% P0, 1 CPU, 1 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	44.6% Average	Memory 71.7 1-Core 56.5 2-Core 104 48% 77.5 Pts	4-Core 104 8-Core 107 14% 106 Pts	64-Core 103 6% 103 Pts
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 49%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon R5 Graphics 4,872 User benchmarks, average bench 4% MSI(1462 7891) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 14.502.1020.0 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	4.63% Terrible	Lighting 5.3 Reflection 6.2 Parallax 6.9 4% 6.13 fps	MRender 5.3 Gravity 5.5 Splatting 7.8 5% 6.2 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.63% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 150 240GB-$196 15,660 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 150GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFZ SusWrite @10s intervals: 278 140 169 174 66 168 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	75.7% Very good	Read 426 Write 382 Mixed 310 SusWrite 166 72% 321 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 85.9 4K Mixed 29.5 123% 47.2 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 237 DQ Mixed 170 151% 227 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 95%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 52GB free Firmware: 05.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 98 101 104 104 102 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	51.1% Above average	Read 76.7 Write 89.3 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 101 59% 80.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 62%
Seagate ST3160812AS 160GB-$47 10,399 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 28GB free Firmware: 3.AD SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 44 44 43 43 43 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	25.3% Poor	Read 44.3 Write 44.8 Mixed 32.8 SusWrite 43.5 30% 41.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 25.3% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL10 Series 1600 CL10 Series 16GB 110 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30% Below average	MC Read 11.3 MC Write 7.4 MC Mixed 11.6 29% 10.1 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 10.7 25% 8.8 GB/s	Latency 97.5 41% 97.5 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 30% Great: 57%

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

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 47%

Yacht

Workstation 8%

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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 $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) $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