MSI A78M-E45 (MS-7721)

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 45.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	5.51% 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	45.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

System	MSI MS-7721
Motherboard	MSI A78M-E45 (MS-7721) (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141215
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 01 '17 at 14:43
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon II X4 860K-$51 29,887 User benchmarks, average bench 45% P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	45.5% Average	Memory 55.1 1-Core 71.1 2-Core 125 49% 83.8 Pts	4-Core 208 8-Core 210 28% 209 Pts	64-Core 212 13% 212 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 54%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8589) 2GB CLim: 901 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 353.62 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	5.51% Terrible	Lighting 6.87 Reflection 7.27 Parallax 7.88 6% 7.34 fps	MRender 4.81 Gravity 7.17 Splatting 7.22 5% 6.4 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.51% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: 070H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^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 1037 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1212 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 35 (AE) Unknown 100 100 71 (B5) Unknown 100 100 4217671582468 (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 81 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	45.9% Average	Read 464 Write 184 Mixed 268 67% 305 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 20.1 4K Mixed 5.03 44% 14.3 MB/s	DQ Read 123 DQ Write 41.5 DQ Mixed 7.45 25% 57.3 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 72%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 883GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 72 72 9080 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 2787 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1741 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2047 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 70 471597084 (C2) HDA temperature 71 68 488374301 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 160380 (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 100 100 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	55.5% Above average	Read 91 Write 102 Mixed 105 75% 99.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.39 96% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 58%
Seagate ST3500830AS 500GB-$145 6,517 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 385GB free Firmware: 3.AFD Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 85 196199230 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4419 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 62 65417154 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2320 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2844 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 41 673710120 (C2) HDA temperature 40 59 68719476776 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 85 58 195837120 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	44.1% Average	Read 76.3 Write 77.1 Mixed 74.5 57% 76 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.41 97% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. Corsair CMX4GX3M2A1600C9 Corsair CMX4GX3M2A1600C9 12GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1600, 1600, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 2048, 2048 MB Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	26.8% Poor	MC Read 9.1 MC Write 8.5 MC Mixed 9.7 26% 9.1 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 9.6 25% 8.73 GB/s	Latency 143 28% 143 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 26.8% Great: 32%

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Gaming 9%

Tree trunk

Desktop 49%

Yacht

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: MSI A78M-E45 (MS-7721) - $89

CPU
Athlon II X4 860KAMD $51Bench 45%, 29,887 samples	11x
Athlon II X4 760K (2013 D.Ri)AMD $59Bench 51%, 6,408 samples	9x
A8-7600 APU (2014 D.Ka)AMDBench 42%, 31,243 samples	8x

GPU
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 5%, 22,117 samples	6x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	6x
HD 6870AMDBench 15%, 25,443 samples	4x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	4x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	3x
WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GBWDCBench 93%, 97,462 samples	3x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	3x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 50%, 27,024 samples	2x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	2x

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Value: 33% - Below average

Total price: $240

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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