MSI A68HM-E33 V2 (MS-7721)

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 54.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	22% 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	32.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7721
Motherboard	MSI A68HM-E33 V2 (MS-7721) (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20181101
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 16 '19 at 20:23
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 845-$50 6,391 User benchmarks, average bench 45% P0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	Memory 68.6 1-Core 71.6 2-Core 138 55% 92.7 Pts	4-Core 232 8-Core 230 31% 231 Pts	64-Core 226 14% 226 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 54%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7850-$174 49,592 User benchmarks, average bench 19% MSI(1462 2730) 2GB CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 1200 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 19.1.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	22% Poor	Lighting 26.4 Reflection 28.3 Parallax 34.6 22% 29.8 fps	MRender 25.8 Gravity 22.2 Splatting 33.7 23% 27.2 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 22% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 240GB 15,968 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 192GB free (System drive) Firmware: P1222A SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 115 118 42 131 131 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	32.4% Below average	Read 390 Write 158 Mixed 15.3 SusWrite 112 37% 169 MB/s	4K Read 15.3 4K Write 8.5 4K Mixed 0.6 28% 8.13 MB/s	DQ Read 99.4 DQ Write 6.7 DQ Mixed 23.1 24% 43.1 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 256GB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 101 100 102 104 104 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	61.1% Good	Read 111 Write 107 Mixed 68.3 SusWrite 102 71% 96.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 177% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-17000CL11-4GBSR F3-17000CL11-4GBSR 8GB 88 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	38.7% Below average	MC Read 17 MC Write 9.8 MC Mixed 15.4 40% 14.1 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 9.9 25% 8.63 GB/s	Latency 105 38% 105 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 48%

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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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Desktop 45%

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Workstation 7%

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Motherboard: MSI A68HM-E33 V2 (MS-7721)

CPU
A8-7600 APU (2014 D.Ka)AMDBench 42%, 31,243 samples	143x
A8-7650K APU (2014 D.Ka)AMDBench 44%, 15,487 samples	88x
A10-7860K APU (2014 D.Ka)AMD $175Bench 43%, 12,658 samples	77x

GPU
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 5%, 22,117 samples	135x
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 6%, 25,284 samples	93x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	53x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	55x
A400 120GBKingston $32Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	41x
Fury 120GBHyperX $160Bench 64%, 11,403 samples	17x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 51%, 38,490 samples	32x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 32%, 29,968 samples	26x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	25x

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HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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