MSI A68HM GRENADE (MS-7891)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 43% Speed boat	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 39.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	5.35% 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	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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7891
Motherboard	MSI A68HM GRENADE (MS-7891) (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150415
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	May 01 '17 at 15:02
Run Duration	1386 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD A4-6300 APU-$51 10,924 User benchmarks, average bench 40% P0, 1 CPU, 1 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	39.8% Below average	Memory 64.5 1-Core 63.8 2-Core 97.8 47% 75.4 Pts	4-Core 88.6 8-Core 98.9 12% 93.8 Pts	64-Core 99.4 6% 99.4 Pts
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 51%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 3666) 2GB CLim: 901 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	5.35% Terrible	Lighting 6.57 Reflection 7.19 Parallax 8.09 5% 7.28 fps	MRender 4.71 Gravity 7.27 Splatting 7.17 5% 6.38 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.35% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 668GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 170 168 2483 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 210 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 423 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 210 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 50 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 160 (C2) HDA temperature 119 111 24 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	102% Outstanding	Read 211 Write 147 Mixed 158 129% 172 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.25 94% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 109%
ST325082 4AS 250GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 94GB free, PID 2338 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	1.74% Terrible	Read 0.86 Write 0.68 Mixed 0.74 1% 0.76 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 0.45 4K Mixed 0.22 24% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.74% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown SP008GBLTU160N02 Corsair CMV8GX3M1A1600C11 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	27.5% Poor	MC Read 11.4 MC Write 6.7 MC Mixed 9.5 26% 9.2 GB/s	SC Read 8.1 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 10.4 25% 8.73 GB/s	Latency 115 35% 115 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 27.5% Great: 40%

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Typical A68HM GRENADE (MS-7891) Builds (Compare 171 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 47%

Yacht

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: MSI A68HM GRENADE (MS-7891)

CPU
A8-7650K APU (2014 D.Ka)AMDBench 44%, 15,487 samples	36x
Athlon II X4 860KAMD $51Bench 45%, 29,887 samples	26x
A8-7600 APU (2014 D.Ka)AMDBench 42%, 31,243 samples	17x

GPU
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 5%, 22,117 samples	32x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	17x
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 6%, 25,284 samples	8x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	12x
BX500 480GBCrucial $38Bench 63%, 83,298 samples	5x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	5x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	9x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 16GBUnknownBench 40%, 1,247 samples	7x
1866 CL10 Series 1866 CL10 Series 16GBUnknownBench 36%, 224 samples	6x

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Value: 21% - Poor

Total price: $28

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16