MSI A88XM-E45 (MS-7721)

Performance Results


Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 40% Jet ski	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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 a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 42.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	1.47% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	59.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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.

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

System	MSI MS-7721
Motherboard	MSI A88XM-E45 (MS-7721) (all builds)
Memory	0.9 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140318
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Dec 31 '16 at 16:58
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD A6-5400K APU-$120 7,836 User benchmarks, average bench 40% P0, 1 CPU, 1 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	42.3% Average	Memory 77.1 1-Core 23.4 2-Core 33.4 35% 44.6 Pts	4-Core 44.6 8-Core 72.6 7% 58.6 Pts	64-Core 84.9 5% 84.9 Pts
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 52%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6450 32,407 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Gigabyte(1458 2549) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 13.151.0.0 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.47% Terrible	Lighting 2 Reflection 2.46 Parallax 1.91 2% 2.12 fps	MRender 0.9 Gravity 1.53 Splatting 1.65 1% 1.36 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.47% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme II 240GB-$110 3,009 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: R131 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 14254 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 202 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 23 (A8) Unknown 100 100 153 (A9) Unknown 100 100 380 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 46 (AE) Unknown 100 100 56 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 38 163209936928 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 309 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 10822 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3320 (F2) Unknown 253 253 7735 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	59.2% Above average	Read 432 Write 271 Mixed 312 75% 338 MB/s	4K Read 16.1 4K Write 36.8 4K Mixed 11.7 59% 21.5 MB/s	DQ Read 201 DQ Write 159 DQ Mixed 43 69% 134 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 109%
Seagate Laptop Thin SSHD 2.5" 500GB-$30 34,154 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 260GB free Firmware: SM11 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 100 182509952 (03) Spinup time 99 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1462 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2019292 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21456 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 257 (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 68 55 538181664 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 167 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8336 (C2) HDA temperature 32 45 77309411360 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	46.2% Average	Read 88.7 Write 71.1 Mixed 86.9 62% 82.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 5.18 4K Mixed 0.54 178% 2.08 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair ValueSelect DDR3 1600 C11 1x4GB 1,374 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 1 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	19.3% Very poor	MC Read 8.6 MC Write 4.1 MC Mixed 6.4 18% 6.37 GB/s	SC Read 5.1 SC Write 1.8 SC Mixed 2.3 9% 3.07 GB/s	Latency 86.2 46% 86.2 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 19.3% Great: 34%

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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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Typical A88XM-E45 (MS-7721) Builds (Compare 28 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 6%

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Desktop 51%

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Workstation 6%

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Motherboard: MSI A88XM-E45 (MS-7721) - $65

CPU
A8-6600K APUAMD $88Bench 50%, 21,890 samples	4x
Athlon II X4 860KAMD $51Bench 45%, 29,887 samples	4x
A10-7800 APU (2014 D.Ka)AMDBench 41%, 15,719 samples	4x

GPU
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 6%, 25,284 samples	3x
Radeon HD 8570DAMDBench 4%, 8,328 samples	2x
Radeon HD 8670DAMDBench 5%, 5,822 samples	2x

SSD
M6S 128GBPlextor $106Bench 85%, 3,356 samples	2x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	1x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	1x

RAM
CT102464BA160B.C16 1x8GBCrucialBench 30%, 12,839 samples	2x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	2x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 51%, 38,490 samples	1x

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Value: 35% - Below average

Total price: $259

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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