MSI A88X-G45 GAMING (MS-7900)

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 39% Jet ski	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 37.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	2.6% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	27.8% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (54%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7900
Motherboard	MSI A88X-G45 GAMING (MS-7900) (all builds)
Memory	4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160727
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 12 '21 at 09:21
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	54%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD A10-5800K APU (2012 D.Tr)-$119 18,312 User benchmarks, average bench 50% P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	37.6% Below average	Memory 47.5 1-Core 64.1 2-Core 110 43% 73.9 Pts	4-Core 156 8-Core 187 22% 172 Pts	64-Core 189 12% 189 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 640 34,519 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Asus(1043 83F3) 2GB CLim: 901 MHz, MLim: 445 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 466.77 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	2.6% Terrible	Lighting 0.2 Reflection 8.1 Parallax 9.3 0% 5.87 fps	MRender 8.3 Gravity 10.2 Splatting 8.5 7% 9 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 2.6% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$30 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71F1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 6.5 23 47 51 12 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	27.8% Poor	Read 187 Write 45.4 Mixed 33.3 SusWrite 27.6 16% 73.4 MB/s	4K Read 14 4K Write 29.2 4K Mixed 12.6 53% 18.6 MB/s	DQ Read 49.4 DQ Write 69.1 DQ Mixed 72.5 51% 63.7 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 27.8% Great: 85%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$16 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 298GB free Firmware: SC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 93 91 93 94 97 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	52.8% Above average	Read 90.2 Write 93.4 Mixed 49.9 SusWrite 93.8 60% 81.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 60%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 845GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 200 197 197 197 202 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 143 Mixed 88.3 SusWrite 198 113% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 155% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 112%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$16 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 384GB free Firmware: SC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 102 100 103 104 108 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.5% Good	Read 110 Write 71.5 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 104 62% 84.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 60%
BUFFALO External HDD 1TB 129 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 917GB free, PID 019b Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 31 30 31 30 31 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	15% Very poor	Read 33.2 Write 29.4 Mixed 25.4 SusWrite 30.5 40% 29.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 67% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 15% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 992074 (997074) 1x8GB 129 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	21% Poor	MC Read 9.8 MC Write 4.4 MC Mixed 7 20% 7.07 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 6 SC Mixed 7.3 20% 6.93 GB/s	Latency 170 24% 170 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 21% Great: 35%

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Typical A88X-G45 GAMING (MS-7900) Builds (Compare 110 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 48%

Yacht

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: MSI A88X-G45 GAMING (MS-7900) - $119

CPU
A10-7850K APU (2014 D.Ka)AMD $135Bench 45%, 19,875 samples	31x
A10-6800K APU (2013 D.Ri)AMD $467Bench 51%, 11,295 samples	18x
A10-7870K APU (2014 D.Ka)AMD $135Bench 46%, 9,821 samples	11x

GPU
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 6%, 25,284 samples	13x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	9x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	7x

SSD
S280 480GBKingdianBench 84%, 2,297 samples	8x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	4x
SSD Plus 120GBSanDisk $42Bench 58%, 87,912 samples	3x

RAM
M378B1G73QH0-CK0 1x8GBSamsungBench 29%, 7,106 samples	6x
F3-12800CL9-4GBXL F3-12800CL9-4GBXL F3-12800CL9-4GBXL F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 16GBUnknownBench 51%, 517 samples	5x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 49%, 26,466 samples	3x

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Value: 55% - Above average

Total price: $254

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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