MSI A78M-E45 (MS-7721)

Performance Results


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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 44.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	6% 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	38.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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.

Very high background CPU (45%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7721
Motherboard	MSI A78M-E45 (MS-7721) (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141215
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '18 at 11:49
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	45%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD A10-7700K APU (2014 D.Ka) 11,026 User benchmarks, average bench 45% P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	44.4% Average	Memory 60 1-Core 65.2 2-Core 120 48% 81.7 Pts	4-Core 167 8-Core 179 23% 173 Pts	64-Core 191 12% 191 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon R7 Graphics 22,117 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7721) 2GB Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	6% Terrible	Lighting 7.33 Reflection 8.04 Parallax 9.75 6% 8.37 fps	MRender 6.48 Gravity 6.8 Splatting 8.39 6% 7.22 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z320 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 5114 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 246 (A5) Unknown 100 100 2693000004414 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 6 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 19 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 54 40 257698037806 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1185414578452 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 469 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3892 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2061 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1537 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	38.5% Below average	Read 495 Write 69.3 Mixed 28.1 42% 198 MB/s	4K Read 14.7 4K Write 42.9 4K Mixed 2.76 48% 20.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1.64 DQ Write 49.2 DQ Mixed 6.23 11% 19 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 78%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 351GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 56887136 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3821 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 5548020 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 18680 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 234 (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 74 59 437714970 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 22 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 74 74 52784 (C2) HDA temperature 26 41 4294967322 (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 99604586570364 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11984632475 (F2) Unknown 100 253 128890963589	99.9% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 149 Mixed 140 122% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 0.62 4K Mixed 0.32 74% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 19,522 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	35.5% Below average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 9.2 MC Mixed 14.7 38% 13.4 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 1.5 SC Mixed 9.9 18% 6.2 GB/s	Latency 128 31% 128 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 63%

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Gaming 9%

Tree trunk

Desktop 49%

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Workstation 8%

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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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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