MSI A88X-G45 GAMING (MS-7900)

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 35.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	29.9% 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	63.4% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7900
Motherboard	MSI A88X-G45 GAMING (MS-7900) (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150420
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '16 at 00:37
Run Duration	389 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD A10-5800K APU (2012 D.Tr)-$119 18,312 User benchmarks, average bench 50% P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 1.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	35.6% Below average	Memory 60.9 1-Core 22.7 2-Core 41.6 30% 41.7 Pts	4-Core 62.8 8-Core 63.4 8% 63.1 Pts	64-Core 63.9 4% 63.9 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 2957) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6143 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	29.9% Poor	Lighting 37.4 Reflection 35.8 Parallax 32.3 30% 35.2 fps	MRender 36.8 Gravity 34.6 Splatting 34.5 29% 35.3 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 29.9% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
St2000lm003 HN-M 2TB 2TB free Firmware: 2BE10001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 88 88 3868 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 130 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 82 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 77 (BF) G-sense error rate 252 252 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 63 163209740317 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 1 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 894	13.7% Very poor	Read 116 Write 137 Mixed 109 27% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.37 2% 0.97 MB/s

Crucial M550 128GB-$40 2,673 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2256 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 589 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 85 (AE) Unknown 100 100 117 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1036 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 47 227634774046 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 4 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 8429344905 (F7) Unknown 100 100 267681417 (F8) Unknown 100 100 454243033	63.4% Good	Read 489 Write 338 Mixed 412 92% 413 MB/s	4K Read 18.3 4K Write 32 4K Mixed 18.5 68% 22.9 MB/s	DQ Read 51.7 DQ Write 47.6 DQ Mixed 27.8 27% 42.4 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 104%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 882GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 169 2283 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 457 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 531 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 320 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 27 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 429 (C2) HDA temperature 116 104 27 (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	101% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 170 Mixed 152 126% 168 MB/s	4K Read 1.27 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.35 140% 1.41 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 109%
Toshiba MQ01ABD050 500GB-$23 40,922 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 326GB free Firmware: AX001U Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 1432 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1677 (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 95 95 2032 (0A) Spinup retry count 133 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1219 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 3 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 40 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 22595 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 206159937566 (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 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 97 97 1229 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 264 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	56.3% Above average	Read 100 Write 96.1 Mixed 94.2 73% 96.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.18 63% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 62%
HP v100w 2GB 128 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 2GB free, PID 3207 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	5.21% Terrible	Read 17 Write 6.39 Mixed 8.7 12% 10.7 MB/s	4K Read 5.6 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.01 22% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.21% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-1600C11-8GNT F3-1600C11-8GNT 16GB 84 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	25.1% Poor	MC Read 11.4 MC Write 5.2 MC Mixed 10.1 26% 8.9 GB/s	SC Read 5.4 SC Write 4.2 SC Mixed 7.1 16% 5.57 GB/s	Latency 125 32% 125 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 25.1% Great: 49%

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Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 48%

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Workstation 5%

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Motherboard: MSI A88X-G45 GAMING (MS-7900) - $119

CPU
A10-7850K APU (2014 D.Ka)AMD $135Bench 45%, 19,875 samples	31x
A10-6800K APU (2013 D.Ri)AMD $467Bench 51%, 11,295 samples	18x
A10-7870K APU (2014 D.Ka)AMD $135Bench 46%, 9,821 samples	11x

GPU
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 6%, 25,284 samples	13x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	9x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	7x

SSD
S280 480GBKingdianBench 84%, 2,297 samples	8x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	4x
SSD Plus 120GBSanDisk $42Bench 58%, 87,912 samples	3x

RAM
M378B1G73QH0-CK0 1x8GBSamsungBench 29%, 7,106 samples	6x
F3-12800CL9-4GBXL F3-12800CL9-4GBXL F3-12800CL9-4GBXL F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 16GBUnknownBench 51%, 517 samples	5x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 49%, 26,466 samples	3x

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Value: 55% - Above average

Total price: $254

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16