MSI A88XM-E45 (MS-7721)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 59.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
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	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 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 (66%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7721
Motherboard	MSI A88XM-E45 (MS-7721) (all builds)
Memory	1.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20131121
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '17 at 21:56
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	66%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD A8-5600K APU-$250 14,744 User benchmarks, average bench 49% P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	Memory 84 1-Core 63.9 2-Core 123 56% 90.3 Pts	4-Core 203 8-Core 201 27% 202 Pts	64-Core 201 12% 201 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 59%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$60 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 150611592 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 4 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 94700 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 938 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 70 69 504627230 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 11814 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 64424509470 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -7056631267170 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4218566535 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1812370769	89.9% Excellent	Read 155 Write 159 Mixed 134 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.22 85% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 96%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$60 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 67 189957357 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 18420848 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 40535901340301 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 72 70 487850012 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7803 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 55834574876 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -19864223743863 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3839791239 (F2) Unknown 100 253 13843625	96.4% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 154 Mixed 145 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.25 85% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$64 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 124387984 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 11 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 36 33 2662881826419 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6809 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 11 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 69 60 521338911 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 65 65 71661 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 77309411359 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 96954591742094 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5267795629 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4743791919	99.5% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 171 Mixed 145 123% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.31 95% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 113%
Wl4000gs A6472E 4TB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2TB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 157 154 11141 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 13 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 14666 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 13 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 6 (C2) HDA temperature 117 107 35 (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	93.4% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 134 Mixed 140 116% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 2.74 4K Mixed 0.31 104% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 93%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$64 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 666GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 183191520 (03) Spinup time 91 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 19 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2060497 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 17031 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 19 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 58 588513312 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 204746 (C2) HDA temperature 32 42 64424509472 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 16 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 16 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 21522081124552 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6691500640 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3705111116	82.1% Excellent	Read 139 Write 148 Mixed 132 105% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.21 74% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 113%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 692GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 172 2316 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 57 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 25729 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 53 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 32 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 460 (C2) HDA temperature 114 105 29 (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	108% Outstanding	Read 234 Write 144 Mixed 137 128% 172 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.26 104% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4GBH2X02HBBB30-165 4GBH2X02HBBB30-165 8GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	25% Poor	MC Read 10.7 MC Write 4.8 MC Mixed 7.5 22% 7.67 GB/s	SC Read 8.7 SC Write 5.9 SC Mixed 8.5 22% 7.7 GB/s	Latency 73.5 54% 73.5 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 25% Great: 45%

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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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16