MSI A88X-G45 GAMING (MS-7900)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 50.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	8.38% 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.

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System	MSI MS-7900
Motherboard	MSI A88X-G45 GAMING (MS-7900) (all builds)
Memory	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150420
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Jun 17 '18 at 03:16
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	39%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD A10-7870K APU (2014 D.Ka)-$135 9,821 User benchmarks, average bench 46% P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	50.9% Above average	Memory 72.3 1-Core 64 2-Core 106 51% 80.9 Pts	4-Core 174 8-Core 169 23% 172 Pts	64-Core 163 10% 163 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 55%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon R7 250 5,461 User benchmarks, average bench 9% MSI(1462 3012) 2GB Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.2.1 Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	8.38% Terrible	Lighting 10.7 Reflection 11.3 Parallax 14.5 9% 12.2 fps	MRender 7.43 Gravity 10.2 Splatting 10 8% 9.22 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 8.38% Great: 10%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 157 156 5108 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6288 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 20082 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6233 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 119 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6241 (C2) HDA temperature 103 87 44 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 6 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	44.1% Average	Read 75.9 Write 77.5 Mixed 63.2 54% 72.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.31 81% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 62%
Seagate ST380819AS 80GB-$89 852 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 2GB free Firmware: 8.04 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 55 47 221509875 (03) Spinup time 99 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3803 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 586432301 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 35498 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2575 (C2) HDA temperature 42 51 42949673002 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 55 47 221509875 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 193 7 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	16.5% Very poor	Read 28.2 Write 28.9 Mixed 28.6 22% 28.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.38 90% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 16.5% Great: 32%

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 as expected (60^th percentile)	36.3% Below average	MC Read 14.9 MC Write 9.2 MC Mixed 14.5 37% 12.9 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 8.1 SC Mixed 10.4 25% 8.83 GB/s	Latency 96.1 42% 96.1 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 57%

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Typical A88X-G45 GAMING (MS-7900) Builds (Compare 110 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 48%

Yacht

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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) $37	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